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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 (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

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,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine and the Oppression of the Map

Palestine and the Oppression of the Map

( Al-Shabaka) – The practice of mapping in Palestine-Israel has long been an exercise in power, imperialism, and dispossession. From the British Mandate to the […]

Zena Agha

Constitution
Chief Justice Roberts is Forced to Preside over an Impeachment that his Ruinous "Citizens United" Ruling Helped Foster

Chief Justice Roberts is Forced to Preside over an Impeachment that his Ruinous “Citizens United” Ruling Helped Foster

(Inequality.org) – In the decade since this disastrous Supreme Court ruling, just 11 wealthy people have made 20 percent of super PAC donations. Ten years […]

Tiffany Muller

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Read it and Weep, Moscow Mitch: 100 MW of Solar to be bought by Kentucky Coal-Country Utilities for Toyota

Read it and Weep, Moscow Mitch: 100 MW of Solar to be bought by Kentucky Coal-Country Utilities for Toyota

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The East Kentucky utilities Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas & Electric have applied for permission from state regulators to buy […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
American Apocalypse: The Rapture of a U.S. Foreign Policy Off the Rails

American Apocalypse: The Rapture of a U.S. Foreign Policy Off the Rails

By Danny Sjursen | – (Tomdispatch.com) – In March 1906, on the heels of the U.S. Army’s massacre of some 1,000 men, women, and children […]

Danny Sjursen

Displaced and Refugees
World Court Rules against Buddhist Burma on Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims

World Court Rules against Buddhist Burma on Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims

International Court of Justice Unanimously Orders Measures to Prevent Genocide

Human Rights Watch

Science Fiction
Science Fiction Author William Gibson:  Nostalgia for the Present and Future Fatigue

Science Fiction Author William Gibson: Nostalgia for the Present and Future Fatigue

By Andre Spicer | – The future isn’t what it used to be, at least according to the Canadian science fiction novelist William Gibson. In […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Back to 1924: Trump mulls adding Pure anti-African Racism to Visa ban, in Addition to anti-Muslim Hate

Back to 1924: Trump mulls adding Pure anti-African Racism to Visa ban, in Addition to anti-Muslim Hate

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nicole Narea at Vox reports that Trump is considering adding some of Africa’s most important countries to his visa ban, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Zeal to Cover up Crimes against Palestinians, are Israel Lobbies determined to End Free Speech in the West?

In Zeal to Cover up Crimes against Palestinians, are Israel Lobbies determined to End Free Speech in the West?

(Middle East Monitor ) – The entire western world is facing an almost unprecedented assault on freedom of speech – and Palestine is the issue […]

Asa Winstanley

Donald Trump
Corporate Media Blackout: Americans need to Hear from Iranians about Life Under Sanctions and Trump’s Attack

Corporate Media Blackout: Americans need to Hear from Iranians about Life Under Sanctions and Trump’s Attack

Here are a few illuminating and emotionally resonant pieces by real Iranians on life under sanctions, the brutality of war, and the recent crisis.

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