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The September 11 Memorial Needs a Counter-Monument: Victims of Our Post-9/11 Wars Deserve Remembrance, Too
al-Qaeda

The September 11 Memorial Needs a Counter-Monument: Victims of Our Post-9/11 Wars Deserve Remembrance, Too

Mitchell Zimmerman

Similarities between “Reflecting Absence” and an earlier German Holocaust “Counter-Monument”; prompt reflections on accepting responsibility

We just had the hottest August, hottest Summer, and hottest Year to date in U.S. history

We just had the hottest August, hottest Summer, and hottest Year to date in U.S. history

09/11/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

How Donald Trump’s War in Iran is failing the Legitimacy Test in the Eyes of US Voters

How Donald Trump’s War in Iran is failing the Legitimacy Test in the Eyes of US Voters

09/11/2026 By The Conversation

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Britain Finally bans Goods from the Israeli-Occupied West Bank

Britain Finally bans Goods from the Israeli-Occupied West Bank

the Israeli government has announced a big increase in new settlements, making impossible the establishment of a Palestinian state

Farhang Jahanpour

Climate Crisis
Hot, Hotter, Hottest: The President from (Literally) Hell

Hot, Hotter, Hottest: The President from (Literally) Hell

we then came up with a path to planetary destruction via fossil fuels to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

Tom Engelhardt

History
Gaza Scholasticide and the American Historical Association

Gaza Scholasticide and the American Historical Association

Juan Cole breaks down the American Historical Association’s response to Israel’s razing in Gaza of universities, schools, archives, libraries

Juan Cole

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The Return of Ancient History

The Return of Ancient History

Israelis go to the polls in an election fraught with debate about ancient history, with plans for sovereignty over the West Bank and all of Gaza

Jon Wilson

Donald Trump
Iran War: Tehran’s assertive Rhetoric signals a new and dangerous Phase in Conflict

Iran War: Tehran’s assertive Rhetoric signals a new and dangerous Phase in Conflict

Trump is therefore caught in an escalation trap partly of his own making. He can tighten the blockade, but Iran can disrupt Hormuz

The Conversation

Books
Preserving a Precious Library of Southeast Asia

Preserving a Precious Library of Southeast Asia

When Marijke told Professor Sartono about our attempts to get the whole library housed, he offered to do so in his own institute at Yogyakarta

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

Artificial Intelligence
China v. US: The Great Mideast AI Race Heats Up

China v. US: The Great Mideast AI Race Heats Up

China and the US are each trying to lock regional countries into their rival AI stacks, accelerating the development of Mideast AI economies

Neil Thompson

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Strikes Wound Journalists in Lebanon and Gaza amid “Ceasefires”

Israeli Strikes Wound Journalists in Lebanon and Gaza amid “Ceasefires”

Amnesty has since found reasonable grounds to believe the strike was a direct attack on civilians and should be investigated as a war crime

Committee to Protect Journalists

Health
Medicare for All:  How we can Get There

Medicare for All: How we can Get There

Health care should be available to everyone in America as a right—automatic and free of charge when we need it.

Common Dreams

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