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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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African-Americans
Before Kamala Harris became Biden's running mate, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House

Before Kamala Harris became Biden’s running mate, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House

By Sharon Austin | – U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. If […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Lebanon's Leaders Resign over deaths of 200, but Trump refuses Accountability for 163,462 Deaths

Lebanon’s Leaders Resign over deaths of 200, but Trump refuses Accountability for 163,462 Deaths

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, the prime minister of Lebanon and his entire cabinet resigned en masse, reports Bassem Mroue at the Associated […]

Juan Cole

China
The Lion & the Dragon: Understanding the New Iran-China Strategic Partnership

The Lion & the Dragon: Understanding the New Iran-China Strategic Partnership

Eau Claire, WI (Special to Informed Comment) – On July 11, the New York Times reported on the Iran-China new economic and security partnership, detailed […]

Ali Abootalebi

Christianity
White too Long? Why is Racism so much stronger among White Christians than among Unchurched Whites?

White too Long? Why is Racism so much stronger among White Christians than among Unchurched Whites?

Racism is much stronger among America’s white Christians than among churchless whites – and it always has been. That’s the message of a new book […]

James A. Haught

Culture
Leon Fleisher – the Pianist Who Reinvented Himself and Inspired the World

Leon Fleisher – the Pianist Who Reinvented Himself and Inspired the World

It was a sad day for the music world when we heard that concert pianist, conductor, and teacher par excellence Leon Fleisher died on August […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Corruption
How did Americans become such Wimps?  Silence as Trump kills tens of Thousands, Destroys Social Security and Post Office, Plots Election Fraud

How did Americans become such Wimps? Silence as Trump kills tens of Thousands, Destroys Social Security and Post Office, Plots Election Fraud

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nicole Winfield and Lisa Marie Pane at the Associated Press write at the unbelief with which Europeans are staring at […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Top Six Lessons of Beirut and Hiroshima

Top Six Lessons of Beirut and Hiroshima

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Did the massive explosion in Beirut, about three quarters of a century after the decimation of Hiroshima […]

John Buell

Epidemics
Not just the Lungs: How COVID-19 might increase risk of Brain Inflammation and loss of Clear Thinking

Not just the Lungs: How COVID-19 might increase risk of Brain Inflammation and loss of Clear Thinking

By Natalie C. Tronson | – Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
OK, Boomers: Will the America we die in be unprecedentedly Hot, Racist, Unequal, Sickly and Authoritarian?

OK, Boomers: Will the America we die in be unprecedentedly Hot, Racist, Unequal, Sickly and Authoritarian?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Let me be blunt. This wasn’t the world I imagined for my denouement. Not faintly. Of course, I can’t claim I […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

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Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

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