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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 Russia-China-Iran 'Axis of the Sanctioned?' Will Russia risk defying Trump to sell arms to Iran?

A Russia-China-Iran ‘Axis of the Sanctioned?’ Will Russia risk defying Trump to sell arms to Iran?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Russia risks facing severe US sanctions if it starts selling weapons to Iran after October 18, which is when […]

Nikola Mikovic

Israel/ Palestine
More Afraid of Int'l Criminal Court than it Lets On, Israel makes Secret List of its Officials who may be Charged with War Crimes

More Afraid of Int’l Criminal Court than it Lets On, Israel makes Secret List of its Officials who may be Charged with War Crimes

( Middle East Monitor) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has adjourned without issuing its ruling on whether Israeli officials will be tried for war […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Energy isn’t just electricity – the common mistake obscuring the mammoth task of decarbonisation

Energy isn’t just electricity – the common mistake obscuring the mammoth task of decarbonisation

By George Loumakis | – One of the first things I teach students is the difference between energy and electricity. Electricity is a particular form […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei presses Iraq PM to Expel US troops, as Iraqi Parliament Legislated

Iran’s Khamenei presses Iraq PM to Expel US troops, as Iraqi Parliament Legislated

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraq Akhbar (Iraq News) reports on the first visit of Mustafa al-Kadhimi as Iraqi prime minister to Iran. He met […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Turkey Turned the Hagia Sophia back into a Mosque: Is it Consistent with Muslim Values, the Dialogue of Civilizations?

Turkey Turned the Hagia Sophia back into a Mosque: Is it Consistent with Muslim Values, the Dialogue of Civilizations?

(Special to Informed Comment) – Debates are currently going on regarding the destiny of the Hagia Sophia (literally “Divine Wisdom”, the sixth-century cathedral built by […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Health Care
Can we afford Medicare for All?  The Truth is, we can't afford not to have it

Can we afford Medicare for All? The Truth is, we can’t afford not to have it

Gainesville, Florida — In the US, 30 million people have no health insurance, and the per capita cost of health care is far higher than […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Inequality
A Jubilee Moment?  Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy

A Jubilee Moment? Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy

( Tomdispatch.com) – The word jubilee comes from the Hebrew “yovel,” meaning a “trumpet blast of liberty.” It was said that, on the day of […]

Liz Theoharis

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Biden: Muslim Americans took full Brunt of Vile Trump Hatred of Minorities; Pledges to Reverse Muslim Ban

Biden: Muslim Americans took full Brunt of Vile Trump Hatred of Minorities; Pledges to Reverse Muslim Ban

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden addressed the Million Muslim Votes organization on Monday. In the context of the extreme hatred for Muslims of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The return of Apartheid, Israeli style

The return of Apartheid, Israeli style

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The possibly temporary postponement of Israel’s annexation of swathes of the occupied West Bank […]

Middle East Monitor

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