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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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Colonialism
Columbus didn't represent Italy, and he Killed and Enslaved Americans, and we Don't need his Statues

Columbus didn’t represent Italy, and he Killed and Enslaved Americans, and we Don’t need his Statues

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered the removal of two statues of Christopher Columbus after police and protesters clashed last […]

Michael Slager

Donald Trump
Trump's Desperate, last-ditch Effort to Hike Tensions with Iran

Trump’s Desperate, last-ditch Effort to Hike Tensions with Iran

( 48hills.org ) – During the past month, Iran has suffered a half-dozen explosions and fires at military and civilian sites. A bomb blew up […]

Reese Erlich

Epidemics
Medicare Turns 55:  Let’s Celebrate by Covering Everyone!

Medicare Turns 55: Let’s Celebrate by Covering Everyone!

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — Congress enacted Medicare in July,1965, to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and the disabled […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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How Trump broke America: Economy plummets historic 33%, Covid Deaths at 1500/ day, and 40 mn could lose Homes

How Trump broke America: Economy plummets historic 33%, Covid Deaths at 1500/ day, and 40 mn could lose Homes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s refusal last winter to pull out all the stops to mount an effective national coronavirus response has broken the […]

Juan Cole

Syria
In northern Syria, COVID-19 Threatens Escalation of an already Dramatic Humanitarian Crisis

In northern Syria, COVID-19 Threatens Escalation of an already Dramatic Humanitarian Crisis

By Mousa Mohamed | – Translated by Mariam Abuadas | – ( GlobalVoices.org ) – The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has displaced over 1.6 […]

Global Voices

Democratic Party
Can the Israel Lobbies succeed in unseating Ilhan Omar?

Can the Israel Lobbies succeed in unseating Ilhan Omar?

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Pro-Israel lobby groups in the US have come out in force to unseat Ilhan […]

Middle East Monitor

African-Americans
How the Black Lives Matter movement uses creative tactics to confront systemic racism

How the Black Lives Matter movement uses creative tactics to confront systemic racism

By Nimalan Yoganathan | – The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have galvanized anti-racism protests throughout the United States, Canada and elsewhere. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
US Bases in Qatar, UAE go on Alert as Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Mock-up of US Aircraft Carrier

US Bases in Qatar, UAE go on Alert as Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Mock-up of US Aircraft Carrier

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sepahnews quotes Brigadier Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Aerospace Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), as saying […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
The Virus That’s Really Killing Americans? Greed and Corporate Profiteering

The Virus That’s Really Killing Americans? Greed and Corporate Profiteering

( Otherwords.org ) – Health care giants are taking COVID-19 relief money while cutting jobs and paying CEOs millions. By Jim Hightower | July 29, […]

Jim Hightower

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