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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Bestselling Pentagon Fiction: Beware of Defense Secretaries Pledging Reform

Bestselling Pentagon Fiction: Beware of Defense Secretaries Pledging Reform

Co-author: Mandy Smithberger | – (Tomdispatch.com) – For the Pentagon, happy days are here again (if they ever left). With a budget totaling more than […]

William D. Hartung

Constitution
Witness Intimidation: Unbalanced Trump Seeks Whistleblower sources, hints Execution for Espionage

Witness Intimidation: Unbalanced Trump Seeks Whistleblower sources, hints Execution for Espionage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump, being unbalanced, has never dealt well with criticism. In the face of credible charges of impeachable offenses in his […]

Juan Cole

Congress
Annals of Impeachment: From Nixon's "Smoking Gun" Tape to Trump Zelensky Summary

Annals of Impeachment: From Nixon’s “Smoking Gun” Tape to Trump Zelensky Summary

On August 5, 1974, Nixon was forced by the Supreme Court to release the smoking gun tape in which he and his chief of staff […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
For Trump, Regime Change Begins at Home

For Trump, Regime Change Begins at Home

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Trump has been enlisting foreign leaders in his fight against the U.S. state. Is impeachment a moral necessity or political […]

John Feffer

Displaced and Refugees
US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk: Expanded ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Undermines Due Process

US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk: Expanded ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Undermines Due Process

( Human Rights Watch) – (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) –The Trump administration has drastically expanded its “Remain in Mexico” program while undercutting the rights of asylum […]

Human Rights Watch

Jewish History
Universal ethical truths are at the core of Jewish High Holy Days

Universal ethical truths are at the core of Jewish High Holy Days

By Ronald W. Pies | – My most vivid adolescent memories of the Jewish High Holy Days are the painful rumbling of my empty stomach […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Finally, an Impeachment Inquiry: Pelosi on "Nationalist" Trump's "betrayal of our National Security"

Finally, an Impeachment Inquiry: Pelosi on “Nationalist” Trump’s “betrayal of our National Security”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nancy Pelosi finally caved to pressure to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump, after he admitted to having pressured the […]

Juan Cole

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Twitter shuts down 'manipulative' accounts in the Middle East

Twitter shuts down ‘manipulative’ accounts in the Middle East

( Al-Bab.com ) – Twitter announced on Friday that it has closed down a series of accounts connected with the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia […]

Brian Whitaker

Immigration
The Problem with Policing US Borders is that they Extend throughout the Planet

The Problem with Policing US Borders is that they Extend throughout the Planet

By Todd Miller | – (Tomdispatch.com) – The driver of the passenger van pulled onto the shoulder of the road, looked back, and said, “There’s […]

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