Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]
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Veiling and Revolutions: From Algeria to Sudan
By Ouissal Harize | – (OpenDemcocracy) – With women leading revolutions in Sudan and Algeria, it is natural to wonder again, will Arab uprisings be […]
How the New ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a Century of Orientalist Hollywood Stereotyping
By Evelyn Alsultany |- Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping. In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ […]
Yemen: On Memorial Day, Remember the 233,000 Dead in US-Backed Saudi War
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Memorial Day should be rethought, as a day to mourn the death and destruction caused by war. Trump is using […]
US Army Tweeted ‘How has Serving Impacted You?’ It didn’t Go Well.
Tweet Inadvertently Triggers Responses Revealing ‘Real, Painful, and Horrifying Human Costs of War’
Would Israelis & Saudis be Targets in any Trump-Iran Conflict?
By Maysam Behravesh | @behmash | – Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering […]
Bad for Memorial Day, Bad for America: Trump Must not Pardon War Criminals
By Andrew Bell | – As a veteran, I was astonished by the recent news that President Trump may be considering pardons for U.S. military […]
No, Ben Shapiro, Science isn’t White
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In this clip via Twitter, Ben Shapiro, who is somehow touted as a serious thinker on the Right, alleges that […]
Race and Inequality: Black college graduate Families have 33 percent less wealth than White High School Dropouts
By Josh Hoxie | – ( Inequality.org) – It’s not individual behavior that drives the racial wealth divide — it’s a system that many folks […]
What do they have to Hide? Syria Refuses Visa for Chemical Weapons Investigation Chief
(Al-Bab.com ) – Syria is resisting efforts by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to identify the perpetrators of chemical attacks and […]
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