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When Politics Leaves Reality Behind
Conspiracy Theories

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

Bahman Fozouni

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The traditional left–right political spectrum no longer captures the forces driving division in America today. That model works […]

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

05/10/2025 By John Feffer

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

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In Israeli-Occupied Palestine, Health Care is not a Right

In Israeli-Occupied Palestine, Health Care is not a Right

By Yara Asi | – Al Shabaka) – For decades, political barriers have obstructed the Palestinian health system in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, […]

Al-Shabaka

Immigration
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

By A.C. Thompson | – (ProPublica) – The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit […]

ProPublica

Iran
Iranian Aggression?  Or American?  Even Great US News Outlets can’t Escape Jingoism

Iranian Aggression? Or American? Even Great US News Outlets can’t Escape Jingoism

Tomdispatch.com) – Headlined “U.S. Seeks Other Ways to Stop Iran Shy of War,” the article was tucked away on page A9 of a recent New […]

Tom Engelhardt

Iran
Fiasco:  How Iran Ran Circles around Trump

Fiasco: How Iran Ran Circles around Trump

The Iranian government saw the President’s vacillation as a sign of weakness, one journalist tells me, “Iran was ready to retaliate on an unbelievable scale.” […]

Reese Erlich

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Iran hasn't Breached the Nuclear Deal-- Trump had already Destroyed It

Iran hasn’t Breached the Nuclear Deal– Trump had already Destroyed It

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Monday that Iran has exceeded 300 grams of Low Enriched Uranium. The […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran is not Iraq: But Can Trump's Warmongers be Stopped?

Iran is not Iraq: But Can Trump’s Warmongers be Stopped?

(Middle East Monitor) – Along with American and British journalists and doctors, I visited Iraq a few years before its invasion and occupation by the […]

Ramzy Baroud

US Foreign Policy
The Bigger Picture:  Trump didn't Start America's Decline, and Can't Stop It

The Bigger Picture: Trump didn’t Start America’s Decline, and Can’t Stop It

(Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump was partly voted into office by Americans who felt that the self-proclaimed greatest power on Earth was actually in decline — […]

Dilip Hiro

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Europe, Defying Trump, Implements New Currency Exchange with Iran

Europe, Defying Trump, Implements New Currency Exchange with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Frances Coppola at Forbes reports that European powers have made operational their Instex exchange mechanism, which will allow European and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Lesson for Kushner in Manama: The Palestinian Resistance can Never be Bought

Lesson for Kushner in Manama: The Palestinian Resistance can Never be Bought

By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The wheels of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner’s, peace plan for the Middle East are now […]

Middle East Monitor

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