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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Trump’s New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption

Trump’s New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption

By Isaac Arnsdorf | – (ProPublica) – Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. […]

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Elizabeth Warren
Nondisclosure and secrecy laws protect Bloomberg – not the women who sued him

Nondisclosure and secrecy laws protect Bloomberg – not the women who sued him

By Elizabeth C. Tippett | – Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg received a lot of flak at the Feb. 19 Democratic […]

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White Terrorism targeting Innocent Muslims in Germany is not termed "Terrorism"

White Terrorism targeting Innocent Muslims in Germany is not termed “Terrorism”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, a racist extremist went to two shisha bars in Hanau, Germany, randomly shooting the people there. Since smoking […]

Juan Cole

Acidification of Oceans
New Findings: 251.9 Million Years Ago Rapid Climate Change from CO2 Wiped out 90% of Species

New Findings: 251.9 Million Years Ago Rapid Climate Change from CO2 Wiped out 90% of Species

By Jennifer Botha | – The end-Permian mass extinction is considered to be the most devastating biotic event in the history of life on Earth […]

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Pentagon
Retired US Officers are all in on Forever Wars:  Where are the Smedley Butlers of Today?

Retired US Officers are all in on Forever Wars: Where are the Smedley Butlers of Today?

(Tomdispatch.com) – There once lived an odd little man — five feet nine inches tall and barely 140 pounds sopping wet — who rocked the […]

Danny Sjursen

Russia
As Tensions Flare between Russia and Turkey in Syria, will Trump be Drawn in on side of Ankara?

As Tensions Flare between Russia and Turkey in Syria, will Trump be Drawn in on side of Ankara?

By Bakr Sidqi | – Amid international neglect of the tragedy of an additional one million displaced individuals from the “de-escalation” zones in the countryside […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Methane Emissions Crisis and Rapid Global Heating: It is all Fossil Fuel Drilling and Fracking

Methane Emissions Crisis and Rapid Global Heating: It is all Fossil Fuel Drilling and Fracking

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Many policy and scientific questions have the form of a Whodunnit. In what Umberto Eco called the “closed” mystery, the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Kushner-Netanyahu Plan for Israel to Annex Squatter Settlements in West Bank aims at Forever Blocking a Palestinian State

The Kushner-Netanyahu Plan for Israel to Annex Squatter Settlements in West Bank aims at Forever Blocking a Palestinian State

By Ghassan al-Shami | – (Middle East Monitor) – Israel and its allies in Washington view the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem as the focal […]

Middle East Monitor

Russia
In Syria's Idlib, Turkey is trying to play middle man between Russia and the US – with little success

In Syria’s Idlib, Turkey is trying to play middle man between Russia and the US – with little success

By Umut Korkut and Tarik Basbugoglu | – The recent turn of events in Idlib, an opposition stronghold in north-western Syria undergoing bombardment by the […]

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