Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

How many people has ICE maimed, killed or Disappeared in Minnesota?
Asian-Americans

How many people has ICE maimed, killed or Disappeared in Minnesota?

Janelle Carlson

Many of those detained are left without their medication which can lead to life-threatening complications

What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

02/05/2026 By The Conversation

The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

02/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

More Stories

Iraq
Al-Sadr Threatens Mahdi Army Revival if US Troops Stay

Al-Sadr Threatens Mahdi Army Revival if US Troops Stay

Al-Hayat writing in Arabic reports that nationalist Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr threatened on Saturday to revive his Mahdi Army militia if US troops tried to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Hundreds of Thousands of Arabs Protest their Governments

Hundreds of Thousands of Arabs Protest their Governments

On Friday, the US Congress endeavored to decide whether American democracy has irretrievably broken down because the representatives of the Billionaires refused to compromise with […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Thomas Jefferson in Arabic

Thomas Jefferson in Arabic

I am excited to announce that the Global Americana Institute has, in partnership with Dar al-Saqi of Beirut brought out a volume of selected writings […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Is the FBI Lying to Congress about its Abuses of the “PATRIOT” Act?

Is the FBI Lying to Congress about its Abuses of the “PATRIOT” Act?

Techdirt asks, “Is the FBI lying to Congress about its abuses of the PATRIOT Act? and answers in the affirmative. Actually there is plenty of […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Should Professors in Public Universities Give up their Email Addresses?

Should Professors in Public Universities Give up their Email Addresses?

The latest McCarthyite tactics of the American Right Wing is to attempt to intimidate professors at public universities by launching Freedom of Information Requests for […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Reuters:  Saudi-US Plan to Nudge Saleh Out as Demonstrators Stage Tsunami of Taiz

Reuters: Saudi-US Plan to Nudge Saleh Out as Demonstrators Stage Tsunami of Taiz

Reuters reporters in Dubai are saying that a diplomat with knowledge of the negotiations going on between the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemeni President Ali […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
OSC: Yemeni Tribes, Movements, Youth, Organizations Decry Regime’s ‘Bloody Massacres’

OSC: Yemeni Tribes, Movements, Youth, Organizations Decry Regime’s ‘Bloody Massacres’

The USG Open Source Center translates reactions of major political groupings in Yemen to the massacre of protesters in Taiz [Ta’izz] by security forces on […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Wholesale Solar Energy Costs Rivalling Coal

Wholesale Solar Energy Costs Rivalling Coal

Bloomberg reports that wholesale solar energy costs are falling 8% a year and may already rival coal in sunny climes like the Middle East and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Green Energy in 20-40 Years?

Green Energy in 20-40 Years?

All the power the world needs could be provided by alternative energy sources within 20-40 years if the political will could be found, according to […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2271
  • Page 2272
  • Page 2273
  • Page 2274
  • Page 2275
  • …
  • Page 3076
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Authoritarianism

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Liz Theoharis

Dissent

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

The Conversation

Featured

Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Yale Climate Connections

Popular

  • The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection
  • Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
  • Harari deconstructs the Israeli Narrative from within
  • Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
  • How many people has ICE maimed, killed or Disappeared in Minnesota?
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved