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Archives for September 2017

Caribbean
Much of U.S.'s Puerto Rico "Destroyed" by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid

Much of U.S.’s Puerto Rico “Destroyed” by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid

contributors

Climate Scientists predicted serial Super-Storms decades ago

Israel/ Palestine
Israel threatens Bedouin communities with Forced Relocation

Israel threatens Bedouin communities with Forced Relocation

Juan Cole

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have notified residents of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar that they are at risk of imminent forcible transfer from their lands, weeks after Israeli Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly announced that plans were underway to expel Khan al-Ahmar’s residents within a few […]

Donald Trump
Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis

Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis

Juan Cole

Accuses Iran of terrorism but lets Saudis skate

Donald Trump
How GOP plans to repeal Health Care will blight millions of Lives

How GOP plans to repeal Health Care will blight millions of Lives

contributors

Plutocrats scheme to deprive millions of Health Care Insurance

Denialism
Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

Juan Cole

By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | – – The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are on fire. Several blazes are out of control, threatening rural towns, jumping rivers and highways, and covering Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and other cities […]

Afghanistan
Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?

Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?

Juan Cole

By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here we go again! Years after most Americans forgot about the longest war this country ever fought, American soldiers are again being deployed to Afghanistan. For almost 16 years now, at the command of three presidents and a sadly forgettable succession of generals, they have gone […]

Featured
Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk

Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk

Juan Cole

Can Iraq survive Kurdistan nationalism?

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Right Wing Faction Announces a Plan for Ethnic Cleansing

Israeli Right Wing Faction Announces a Plan for Ethnic Cleansing

contributors

Faction of Jewish Home Party seeks ‘surrender or expulsion’ option for Palestinians

Climate Change
A Sustainable future depends on Women's Equality

A Sustainable future depends on Women’s Equality

contributors

Green energy, environmentalism and gender

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