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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

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Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – If you’re an American liberal wondering how Trump can cut funding to the World Health Organization during a […]

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The Scum of all Fears: America declines the Trump Administration's Invitation to Die

The Scum of all Fears: America declines the Trump Administration’s Invitation to Die

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – President Trump, facing the prospect of possibly the worst electoral environment ever to face an incumbent president, is borrowing […]

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With Oil Cratering and Saudis facing Mountain of Debt, what Future for Arab World with Coronavirus?

With Oil Cratering and Saudis facing Mountain of Debt, what Future for Arab World with Coronavirus?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Oil prices have hit zero. Yes, oil was “sold” this week with producers only asking buyers to pay for […]

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The Curse of Casteism in a Plague Year: Rightwing Indian Gov’t AWOL as Lockdown devastates Poor, Dalits

By Sanjana Krishnan and Rahul Jambhulkar | – As we rose to another day of peaceful quarantine in the West, we received a message from […]

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Amid Trump's Immigration ban, Muslim-Americans step up on Covid-19 to donate Masks, PPE, to Hospitals and to help Unemployed, Homeless

Amid Trump’s Immigration ban, Muslim-Americans step up on Covid-19 to donate Masks, PPE, to Hospitals and to help Unemployed, Homeless

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Muslim-Americans have stepped up to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus in ways that may not be apparent […]

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Will the Corruption of Trump's America End on a Ventilator or in a Mushroom Cloud

Will the Corruption of Trump’s America End on a Ventilator or in a Mushroom Cloud

Little by little, Americans are understanding just how badly our government has let us down by its belated and disastrous response to the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

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Inequality and the Coronavirus: Or How to Destroy American Society From the Top Down

Inequality and the Coronavirus: Or How to Destroy American Society From the Top Down

By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – My mom contracted polio when she was 14. She survived and learned to walk again, but my […]

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The Arab Spring was not a Failure:  Interview with Noah Feldman

The Arab Spring was not a Failure: Interview with Noah Feldman

Joseph Richard Preville interviews Noah Feldman: Detroit (Special to Informed Comment) – The Arab spring was a momentous era of revolutionary people power in the […]

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US Oil "Technically Worthless," and Coal Plants Shuttered, as a Tidal Wave of Bankruptcies Looms

US Oil “Technically Worthless,” and Coal Plants Shuttered, as a Tidal Wave of Bankruptcies Looms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – May contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil went as low as -$37.63 on Monday. So report Jillian Ambrose […]

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