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The following is an email that Professor Steven Starr, the former director of the University of Missouri’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program, sent out last night. It contains useful graphics and a reminder that today is the last day of an era…

Speculation about a possible U.S. military attack on Iran has once again captured global attention. Warships repositioned, air power signaled, and rhetoric sharpened—these are familiar scenes in international politics. Yet history urges caution against taking such signals at face value.…

In the wake of the strike that brought thousands of people together in Minneapolis on Friday, January 23, a week after the call for a total blockade against ICE brutality, cities across the United States were involved—New York, Chicago, Denver,…

We’re picking up from The Other 98% Facebook page the good news that the five-year-old boy arrested by ICE agents along with his father has been released. The image of Liam wearing a bunny hat quickly went viral and helped…

Thousands of people gathered early this afternoon in a packed Piazza 25 Aprile to say no to the presence of ICE in Milan, and not only during the Winter Olympics. There were many flags of left-wing parties, movements, and associations—from…

The contemporary international system appears to be drifting toward a dangerous paradox: unprecedented technological sophistication alongside growing political irrationality. Economic instability, political polarization, and cultural confusion are no longer isolated phenomena; they have merged into a single global condition of…

To understand political events, it is important to approach them from a historical perspective, but things change rapidly, and we must also adapt to the present. This requires grounding our thinking in the current circumstances. The historian’s perspective, essential for…

Sheeple is defined as “people who are like sheep, meek, conforming, easily led.” And they are easy to herd when frightened. America’s most prominent sheeple are well-known leaders in the fields of law, education, business, and philanthropy. Intuitively, these same…

The United States has officially completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), marking a historic break after nearly 78 years as a member state and ending its status as the organization’s largest funder. The departure took effect on…

The Facebook page The Other 98% tells how the freezing winter in Minneapolis has become a valuable and surprising ally for the local population determined to resist the brutality of federal immigration agents by any means necessary, even the most…