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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

08/06/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Turkey Replacing Iran As The Dominant Foreign Player In Syria

Turkey Replacing Iran As The Dominant Foreign Player In Syria

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE / RL ) – The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government at the hands of rebels, including Ankara-backed factions, has effectively […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

China
The Year ahead in the Middle East: A weakened Iran has big Implications for China

The Year ahead in the Middle East: A weakened Iran has big Implications for China

By Daniel Lincoln, University of Alberta (The Conversation) – The wheels of history have been turning rapidly in the Middle East over the last year. […]

The Conversation

Christianity
For Christmas:  The Persian Poet Nezami’s Story of Jesus Finding Virtues even in the Lowliest

For Christmas: The Persian Poet Nezami’s Story of Jesus Finding Virtues even in the Lowliest

On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]

Juan Cole

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Archiving as resistance to Genocide Denial in Gaza

Archiving as resistance to Genocide Denial in Gaza

Eleftheria Kousta ( Waging Nonviolence ) – After the war and genocide in southeastern Bosnia in 1993, two very important forces shaped the society that […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest is intensifying across the World

Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest is intensifying across the World

By Oscar Berglund, University of Bristol and Tie Franco Brotto, University of Bristol (The Conversation) – Climate and environmental protest is being criminalised and repressed […]

The Conversation

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The Great Sufi Qushayri on “Responding to Evil with the Greatest Good” (Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men in Islam)

The Great Sufi Qushayri on “Responding to Evil with the Greatest Good” (Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men in Islam)

In honor of the season’s ‘Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men”

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Christians call on Western Churches to ‘Humanize’ the Children of Gaza

Palestinian Christians call on Western Churches to ‘Humanize’ the Children of Gaza

By Jane Barter, University of Winnipeg (The Conversation) – The human rights group, Amnesty International, recently issued a report concluding that Israel’s actions in Gaza […]

The Conversation

Israel
Israel invades and Occupies more of Syria, as World stands By

Israel invades and Occupies more of Syria, as World stands By

( Code Pink ) – The United States, Turkey and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing […]

Nicolas J. S. Davies

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Pope Francis: “I Think of Gaza, of so much Cruelty, of the Children Machine-Gunned”

Pope Francis: “I Think of Gaza, of so much Cruelty, of the Children Machine-Gunned”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the Sunday before Christmas, Pope Francis said, “May the weapons be silenced and Christmas carols resound!” according to Kristina […]

Juan Cole

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