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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Iran: Unchecked Repression of Dissent

Iran: Unchecked Repression of Dissent

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have continued their brutal, targeted repression even though the new Iranian president has promised change, Human Rights Watch […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
‘Every Blast is an open Wound’: how the Chaos of War breeds deadly Superbugs that spread around the World

‘Every Blast is an open Wound’: how the Chaos of War breeds deadly Superbugs that spread around the World

By Christine Carson, The University of Western Australia (The Conversation) – The war in Gaza will leave its mark in many ways, long after the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression

Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression

The first Trump administration reversed decades of US policies regarding Palestinians. The new one shuns genocidal atrocities. It prefers cultural genocide. New York (Special to […]

Dan Steinbock

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As Gaza Ceasefire takes hold, Israeli Forces turn to Jenin – a regular Target seen as a Center of Palestinian Resistance

As Gaza Ceasefire takes hold, Israeli Forces turn to Jenin – a regular Target seen as a Center of Palestinian Resistance

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Just two days after a shaky ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel on Jan. […]

The Conversation

Corruption
The Moment Trump Won the 2024 election, the 8 Richest Men in the World gained another $64 billion

The Moment Trump Won the 2024 election, the 8 Richest Men in the World gained another $64 billion

By Liz Theoharis and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, advocates for peace, social […]

Tomdispatch

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Trump’s Envoy Witkoff on Gaza Deal:  “Now We Have to Implement it”

Trump’s Envoy Witkoff on Gaza Deal: “Now We Have to Implement it”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, gave an interview with Fox Cable News. Below I will […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
Can nonviolent Struggle defeat a Dictator? This Database emphatically says Yes

Can nonviolent Struggle defeat a Dictator? This Database emphatically says Yes

The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns. ( Waging Nonviolence ) – With Donald […]

George Lakey

Salafis
Syria’s New Government is already Oppressing Women, Posing a dire Threat to their Future

Syria’s New Government is already Oppressing Women, Posing a dire Threat to their Future

By Vrinda Narain, McGill University and Fatemeh Sadeghi, UCL (The Conversation) – As the international community celebrates the fall of another dictatorship following the collapse […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Trumpocalypse:  What Turbocharged Carbon Will Do to Our Children

Trumpocalypse: What Turbocharged Carbon Will Do to Our Children

I am reprinting my column this week from Tomdispatch.com . Check in over there for the essential introduction of the invaluable Tom Engelhardt. My name […]

Juan Cole

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