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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Tomdispatch

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The US Public Now Wants Medicare for All and the Nordic Model-- But a Social Movement is Needed

The US Public Now Wants Medicare for All and the Nordic Model– But a Social Movement is Needed

( Waging Nonviolence) – Surprisingly, for a mainstream daily newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer ended its March 22 editorial on the coronavirus by calling for system […]

George Lakey

Donald Trump
Should we Kill Old People to Avoid a Recession?  Republicans and Elder Sacrifice

Should we Kill Old People to Avoid a Recession? Republicans and Elder Sacrifice

By Mitchell Zimmerman | (Otherwords.org) – The second highest office-holder of the great state of Texas, Republican Lieutenant General Dan Patrick, recently proclaimed on Fox […]

OtherWords

Israel/ Palestine
Radical Futures: When Palestinians Imagine

Radical Futures: When Palestinians Imagine

“We must tell stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe… Remember this: another world is not only possible, she is […]

Al-Shabaka

Donald Trump
Modly and Esper Should have followed Capt. Crozier's Lead in Blowing Whistle on Trump Coronavirus inaction rather than Firing Him

Modly and Esper Should have followed Capt. Crozier’s Lead in Blowing Whistle on Trump Coronavirus inaction rather than Firing Him

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is a national hero, as his crew recognized when they cheered uproariously […]

Juan Cole

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Amid Coronavirus Fears, Israel tells Palestinian prisoners, ‘Use your socks to make masks,’ as neglect continues

Amid Coronavirus Fears, Israel tells Palestinian prisoners, ‘Use your socks to make masks,’ as neglect continues

( Middle East Monitor ) – Within the next few days, Palestinian prisoners held by Israel may be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, causing major […]

Middle East Monitor

Corruption
Jared Kushner, With No Government Background, Scolds States for Requesting Supplies From National Equipment Stockpile

Jared Kushner, With No Government Background, Scolds States for Requesting Supplies From National Equipment Stockpile

By Julia Conley, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – Progressives expressed shock at the Trump administration’s latest indication that it intends to provide little assistance […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction

While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction

By Andrew Glikson | – At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused extreme […]

The Conversation

Islam
Witness to History: Early Muslim Rock Inscriptions Speak of 769 A.D. Epidemic in Medina

Witness to History: Early Muslim Rock Inscriptions Speak of 769 A.D. Epidemic in Medina

Saudi epigraphist Mohammed Almaghthawi (@mohammed93athar) has published some rock inscriptions from around Medina in western Arabia that are dated to 769, which speak of an […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Coronavirus and Georgia's Kemp:  How the GOP Stupidocracy will Kill us All

Coronavirus and Georgia’s Kemp: How the GOP Stupidocracy will Kill us All

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, whose only advantage in life appears to be being a white male who has failed upward […]

Juan Cole

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