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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

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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Bill of Rights
How American cities were Reduced to Esper's "Battlespace": From Fallujah to Minneapolis

How American cities were Reduced to Esper’s “Battlespace”: From Fallujah to Minneapolis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Bush administration’s war of aggression on and military occupation of Iraq that began in 2003 shifted the United States […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
The Authoritarian Logic of Killing Protesters

The Authoritarian Logic of Killing Protesters

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – On October 9th, 2011, Egyptian army vehicles plowed into a Coptic Christian protest outside of the Maspero state television […]

David Faris

African-Americans
From Mississippi to Minneapolis: Not just Breathing but Breathing Free

From Mississippi to Minneapolis: Not just Breathing but Breathing Free

Tucson, Az. (Informed Comment) – In the early morning hours of August 28th, 1955, two white men burst into the Mississippi home of Moses Wright […]

Jennifer Loewenstein

Constitution
Resisting Rotten Leadership: from Mencius to Robert Reich

Resisting Rotten Leadership: from Mencius to Robert Reich

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Writing in The Guardian this past weekend Robert Reich spoke common sense: Trump’s nonfeasance goes far beyond an […]

Martin Powers

Constitution
The Second Time as Farce:  Donald Trump and James Madison and the Defense of the White House

The Second Time as Farce: Donald Trump and James Madison and the Defense of the White House

In 1848 a series of popular uprisings broke out in Europe, including in France. They largely failed, and authoritarian, right wing governments reasserted themselves until […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Riots or Uprising?  If this Turmoil were in Iran, Trump would be Cheering on Arsonists and Dreaming of Regime Change

Riots or Uprising? If this Turmoil were in Iran, Trump would be Cheering on Arsonists and Dreaming of Regime Change

(Middle East Monitor ) – The scenario is all too familiar: the almost casual murder in Minneapolis of an unarmed African American citizen — say […]

Omar Ahmed

African-Americans
George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery deaths: Racism causes life-threatening conditions for black men every day

George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery deaths: Racism causes life-threatening conditions for black men every day

By Shervin Assari | – High-profile police shootings and deaths of black men in custody – or even while out jogging – bring cries of […]

The Conversation

Israel
Understanding Israeli PM Netanyahu's Political Survival

Understanding Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Political Survival

By Nijmeh Ali | – Overview ( Al-Shabaka.org ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated Israeli politics for nearly 25 years, first between […]

Al-Shabaka

Arab World
Gulf Security in the Age of Covid-19: Webinar, Qatar University

Gulf Security in the Age of Covid-19: Webinar, Qatar University

Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University Panel on Gulf Security in the Age of Covid-19

Juan Cole

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