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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Bangladesh
Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

“At Cox’s Bazar, five thousand acres of forest have already been destroyed.”

TeleSur

Featured
A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

Israel is gradually losing options for asserting itself over its neighbors militarily

Juan Cole

BDS
Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Democracy in its current iteration can no longer sustain us

Tracey L. Rogers

Turkey
Trump Leaves Syria, then Turkey Announces $3.5 bn Patriot Missile Buy

Trump Leaves Syria, then Turkey Announces $3.5 bn Patriot Missile Buy

The Trump admin. had issued an ultimatum after US outrage over the NATO ally’s earlier plans to buy from Russia.

AFP

Qur'an
Islamophobia & the Misuse of History:  Isaiah 29 and Attacks on my “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace”

Islamophobia & the Misuse of History: Isaiah 29 and Attacks on my “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace”

The book is academic history, and I genuinely had an open mind when I approached the writing of it

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Climate Crisis: "There is no Time to Continue down this Road of Madness"

The Climate Crisis: “There is no Time to Continue down this Road of Madness”

The conference goals are “nowhere near ambitious enough to tackle” the climate emergency “at the scale we need to.”

H. Patricia Hynes

Donald Trump
What did Flynn Know about Russian ties to Trump and When did he Know it?

What did Flynn Know about Russian ties to Trump and When did he Know it?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Disgraced former National Security Adviser to Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, had his sentencing postponed until March on Tuesday after Judge […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Trump Admin. Relents, will Waive Muslim Ban to let Yemeni Mother see Dying Son

Trump Admin. Relents, will Waive Muslim Ban to let Yemeni Mother see Dying Son

The Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a campaign that it said prompted 15,000 emails to elected officials

AFP

Immigration
Little Jakelin's Death in Border Patrol Site a 'Systemic Failure': Congressman

Little Jakelin’s Death in Border Patrol Site a ‘Systemic Failure’: Congressman

“The issue started when (CBP) violated the law and did not notify Congress within 24 hours that Jakelin had died in their custody.”

AFP

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