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Administrative Silence and the Detention of Mohammad Faraj; How Jordan’s Homegrown Detention Machinery Contains Dissent
11+ min ago (1254+ words) Watercolor rendering of Mohammad Faraj, Jordanian journalist and documentary producer, based on a broadcast image prior to his detention in Amman, December2025 Jordan's administrative detention of Al Mayadeen journalist Mohammad Faraj has triggered a public reaction trapped in enforced repetition. As…...
What Christmas Once Meant—and What It Could Mean Again for a Divided America
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (262+ words) Teaser: Long before Christmas became a commercial spectacle, winter holidays carried a shared moral purpose: protecting the vulnerable, renewing social bonds, and reminding societies of their obligations to one another. Revisiting these ancient ethics may offer a surprising roadmap for…...
Modi Government throttled MNREGA for turning Gandhi and his principle of Gram Swaraj irrelevant
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (220+ words) Arun Srivastava is a senior journalist For nearly two decades, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has remained one of the most consequential social security interventions in rural India. By legally guaranteeing up to" by Mohd Ziyaullah Khan22/12/2025 Introduction:…...
Fascism,By Whatever Name You Call It
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (331+ words) In our country,thanks perhaps to the pervasive influence of the mammoth American academic industry,people are allergic to the word "Fascism.Theyd rather use all kinds of substitutes like "one-party state, "failed democracy, "saturated authoritarianism or just anything that…...
Who’s the Real Outlaw at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (664+ words) How can Washington claim the right to seize or blow up vessels, disrupt maritime trade, and kill civilian boaters'while bombing Yemen and condemning its de facto Houthi government for intercepting ships in the Red Sea to counter Israel's genocide in…...
Ending China’s Humiliation?
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (790+ words) The Century of Humiliation for China began with the First Opium War (1839-1842) and ended with the end of World War II. During this period several European countries carved out slices of China for themselves. Since then, the People's Republic of China…...
Why Possibility of the Most Destructive War Ever is Increasing, and How this is Preventable
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (694+ words) If HIMDEWN is likely to be so destructive, why hasn't enough been done to completely eliminate this possibility, at the level of the great powers, at the level of the United Nations? Why have they allowed a situation to be…...
Growth With Justice – A Manifesto for Reclaiming the Constitutional Purpose of India’s Economy
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (486+ words) Economic growth by itself does not constitute development. Development is about people-their livelihoods, dignity and participation in the economy." " Dr C. T. Kurien Judicial reasoning has long cautioned against arbitrary state largesse. When subsidies overwhelmingly favour oligarchic capital with limited social return,…...
A Hindu Nationalist Operative Wants to Be Your Santa Clara County Assessor
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (1678+ words) On December 30, Santa Clara County voters will decide a runoff election for County Assessor " the office responsible for valuing $725 billion in real estate across Silicon Valley. One of the two candidates is Rishi Kumar, a former Saratoga city councilmember who…...
MGNREGA and VB G RAM G in the Shadow of Rural Discourse
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (256+ words) Ashish Singh has finished his Ph.D. coursework in political science from the NRU-HSE, Moscow, Russia. He has previously studied at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway; and TISS, Mumbai. " by Mohd Ziyaullah Khan22/12/2025 Introduction: A Scheme the Government Never Loved Prime Minister Narendra…...