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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and […]

Tom Engelhardt

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The Republican Party is Sick: Top 4 Ways it is Making You and Yours Sick, too

The Republican Party is Sick: Top 4 Ways it is Making You and Yours Sick, too

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party is sick. That isn’t a putdown, it is just the truth. The chair of the Republican National […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

(Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – The Saudi government has spent billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as a deliberate strategy […]

Human Rights Watch

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The Arctic hasn't been this hot for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

The Arctic hasn’t been this hot for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

By Julie Brigham-Grette and Steve Petsch | – Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This […]

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How Trump gave $1 bn allocated for Masks for Troops, Families, to Arms Firms Instead

How Trump gave $1 bn allocated for Masks for Troops, Families, to Arms Firms Instead

By Phyllis Bennis | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – As the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out […]

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Biggest Irony of 21st Century: Was GOP Elite sickened at Barrett fête while Plotting to end Americans' Health Care?

Biggest Irony of 21st Century: Was GOP Elite sickened at Barrett fête while Plotting to end Americans’ Health Care?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the twenty-first century’s biggest irony so far, last Saturday’s ceremony for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the […]

Juan Cole

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Revolutionary Guards Commander Gives Rare Estimate Of Money Iran Spent On Proxies, Military Aid In Region

Revolutionary Guards Commander Gives Rare Estimate Of Money Iran Spent On Proxies, Military Aid In Region

( RFE/RL) – Iran has spent nearly $20 billion pushing its controversial foreign policy objectives in the region, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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Rethinking Saudi Arabia: A Biden administration could ensure that Khashoggi’s death was not in vain

Rethinking Saudi Arabia: A Biden administration could ensure that Khashoggi’s death was not in vain

By Abderrahmane Amor | – Breaking News The Biden-Harris campaign releases a statement on the two-year anniversary of Khashoggi's murder stating that his death "will […]

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Why Trump's Age and weakened Immunity puts him at special Risk from his COVID-19 Infection

Why Trump’s Age and weakened Immunity puts him at special Risk from his COVID-19 Infection

By Brian Geiss | – President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19 is especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years […]

The Conversation

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