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The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis

Michael T. Klare TomDispatch
arial photo of Strait of Hormuz
“As the world’s only superpower, [the United States] must accept its special responsibilities for preserving access to [the] worldwide energy supply.” You can’t get much more explicit than that.

Are Upcoming ICE Raids Also Targeting Black Mayors?

Charles Ellison the BE note
ICE agents arresting immigrant man
While the political motivation behind these ICE raids is obviously a strategy to encourage Trump’s core supporter base, the less obvious strategy is to also further disrupt and exacerbate tensions within the Democrats’ core base, as well.

The Insulin Racket

Natalie Shure The American Prospect
Insulin is a 100-year-old drug whose wholesale price has tripled in ten years. The reasons why explain everything wrong with America’s broken prescription drug market.

Half a Million American Minors Now Live in Mexico

Claudia Masferrer, Erin R. Hamilton, Nicole Denier The Conversation
The migration of U.S.-born minors from the U.S. to Mexico presents unique challenges to the minors themselves, as well as to their families and their communities.

The Book of Palestine: National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations

Ramzy Baroud Palestine Chronicle
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Donald Trump.
Palestinians must write their own book, one guided by the concept of national liberation, not endless negotiations; one predicated on unity, not mortifying factionalism; one that appeals to the global community, not to American handouts.

Benny Morris Reveals More About Cover-Up of The Nakba

Jonathan Ofir Mondoweiss
Morris decries the “idiocy” of the Malmab in hiding these materials, since “the whole story was told and publicized since 1988 in many books in Hebrew and English, from my pen and from others”.