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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Light 'Em Up!  How America's Forever Wars came to our Streets

Light ‘Em Up! How America’s Forever Wars came to our Streets

(Tomdispatch.com) – From their front porches, regular citizens watched a cordon of cops sweep down their peaceful street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rankled at being filmed, […]

William J. Astore

Donald Trump
Get Your Very Own Donnie Bunker Doll: “Melania, is it Safe Yet?”

Get Your Very Own Donnie Bunker Doll: “Melania, is it Safe Yet?”

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Paul Jamiol

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Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu's plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank

Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu’s plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Arab48 reports that some 6,000 Israelis gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the Netanyahu government’s […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Trump's US and the International Community are Complicit in Israeli Apartheid

How Trump’s US and the International Community are Complicit in Israeli Apartheid

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – For several years, the call for a one-state solution has been part of the […]

Ramona Wadi

African-Americans
Are White Supremacists Coming out for the Protests in Hopes of Provoking a Race War?

Are White Supremacists Coming out for the Protests in Hopes of Provoking a Race War?

By Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid | – As protests about police violence among black people continue and become more widespread across the U.S., certain […]

The Conversation

Christianity
I’m Outraged By Trump’s Church Photo-Op: A Nun Speaks Out

I’m Outraged By Trump’s Church Photo-Op: A Nun Speaks Out

By Sister Karen M. Donahue | – (Otherwords.org) – As a Catholic sister, I think Trump should read his Bible, not pose with it. By […]

OtherWords

Democracy
George Floyd and Mohamed Bouazizi:  What Americans can Learn from Tunisia's Arab Spring

George Floyd and Mohamed Bouazizi: What Americans can Learn from Tunisia’s Arab Spring

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In mid-December, 2010 in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, a small drama unfolded that would change the world, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots, in Trump’s US

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots, in Trump’s US

(48hills.org) – One of Germany’s largest dailies ran the headline “This killer cop set America ablaze,” with a photo of the Minneapolis police officer who […]

Reese Erlich

Authoritarianism
Trump's use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over

Trump’s use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over

By Laura R. Olson | – It was a striking moment: Donald Trump, Bible in hand, posing for photos in an apparent moment of political […]

The Conversation

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