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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
Donald Trump

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

09/08/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

09/08/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine for a moment a nuclear weapon exploding over… well, you name it: Pakistan, India or, for that matter, Ukraine, Russia, […]

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Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco continues to be a pioneer in renewable energy in Africa and the Arab world. The International Trade Administration notes […]

Juan Cole

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New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

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Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points

Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points

By Tim Lenton, University of Exeter (The Conversation) – The collapse of a major system of ocean currents, the meltdown of major ice sheets or […]

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Genocide Scholars:  Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 […]

Juan Cole

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The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

By ‏Peiman Salehi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Beijing was accompanied by a striking […]

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Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

By Leonie Fleischmann, City St George’s, University of London (The Conversation) – The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to […]

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A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio

A Reluctant (Iranian) Exile: Minister without Portfolio

A Review of Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile by Hooman Majd. Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everybody needs a home. […]

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Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

Why Trump’s Fight with India could have global Repercussions

By Sambit Bhattacharyya, University of Sussex (The Conversation) – Donald Trump’s tariff policy seems to have morphed into as much of a tool of foreign […]

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