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Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect
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Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect

Juan Cole

Puerto Ricans are subject to taxation without representation, which is against everything the Constitution otherwise stands for

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing  against Palestinians Escalate

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing against Palestinians Escalate

02/10/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

02/10/2026 By Juan Cole

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Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Replace fossil fuels with clean energy technologies such as solar, wind, electric vehicles and batteries. We are well on our way

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?

An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?

Minnesota is an occupied land, abused by lawless thugs. We are all Minnesotans.

Mitchell Zimmerman

Donald Trump
Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

Trump told Axios in an interview on January 26 that the situation with Iran is “in flux” because he sent a “big armada” to the region

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Carbon Footprint
The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

Nearby Israeli cities dump waste in Palestinian Shuqba, including broken electronics like cell phones, industrial waste right there

Andrea Mazzarino

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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

Dan Steinbock

Omar Khayyam
“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

It gave its mouth to mine and whispered, / Have some wine, since once you’re gone, you won’t be back.

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

The total damage wrought by weather disasters in 2024 was $242 billion, with 47 billion-dollar weather disasters

Yale Climate Connections

Climate Crisis
Iran’s Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages

Iran’s Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages

2003-2019, Iran, facing water bankruptcy, lost an estimated 211 cubic kilometres of groundwater, or twice its annual water consumption

The Conversation

Dissent
A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Fariba Amini

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