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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Will Trump Follow through?  US Congress’ ‘Caesar Act’ Sanctions Russian, Syrian, Iranian Officials over Torture, War Crimes

Will Trump Follow through? US Congress’ ‘Caesar Act’ Sanctions Russian, Syrian, Iranian Officials over Torture, War Crimes

( Middle East Monitor) – On this day, 17 June 2020, America’s Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act of 2019 (also known as the Caesar Act) […]

Lauren Lewis

China
Trump's China Shell Game: Bashes Biden on Beijing but asks Xi for reelection Help

Trump’s China Shell Game: Bashes Biden on Beijing but asks Xi for reelection Help

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration has been running ads against Joe Biden accusing him of being soft on Beijing. And the Biden […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Washington's 'Maximum Pressure' seeks Regime Change in Iran, but such changes Have usually been disasters for US Interests

Washington’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ seeks Regime Change in Iran, but such changes Have usually been disasters for US Interests

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – The United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the unanimous UNSCR 2231—the “Iran nuclear deal” -— along with the enactment […]

David Belt

African-Americans
No, Racial Justice Protesters aren’t ‘Maoists’; Conservatives just aren’t Comfortable with Black Lives Matter

No, Racial Justice Protesters aren’t ‘Maoists’; Conservatives just aren’t Comfortable with Black Lives Matter

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – In their effort to transform their discomfort with the current #BlackLivesMatter protests into a superficially sophisticated critique, right-wing […]

John Feffer

prison reform
Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration – and some last a lifetime

Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration – and some last a lifetime

By Cynthia A. Golembeski | – At least 77 million U.S. adults have criminal records, including nearly 7 million currently in prison or jail or […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
"Trump Heights": Illegal New Israeli Squatter Settlement on Occupied Syrian Golan Approved

“Trump Heights”: Illegal New Israeli Squatter Settlement on Occupied Syrian Golan Approved

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s government has formally greenlighted a new squatter settlement on the Syrian Golan Heights, to be named for US president […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Bailouts for Weapons Firms, Tent Cities for Vets: Covid Reveals U.S. Military Priorities

Bailouts for Weapons Firms, Tent Cities for Vets: Covid Reveals U.S. Military Priorities

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – On May 18, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Salvation Army-like charity drive asking the public […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Donald Trump
Trump's Misinformed America is the Highest Stage of Post-Truth

Trump’s Misinformed America is the Highest Stage of Post-Truth

Sacramento, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – No American president in memory has pursued his personal and public ambitions largely by willfully misinforming the American […]

Bahman Fozouni

Epidemics
Yemen's health system is collapsing as coronavirus spreads, UN warns

Yemen’s health system is collapsing as coronavirus spreads, UN warns

(Al-Bab.com) – Yemen is desperately short of medical supplies, though some are still getting through. Photo:

Brian Whitaker

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