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Archives for June 2018

Turkey
Five Reasons Why Erdogan Won Turkey’s Election

Five Reasons Why Erdogan Won Turkey’s Election

Stuart Williams

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a decisive victory in weekend elections, scuppering predictions that his popularity was on the wane

Latin America
Nicaragua's People Power at the Barricades again, this Time against Ortega

Nicaragua’s People Power at the Barricades again, this Time against Ortega

Rebecca Gordon

If Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega refuses to leave office we may see more killings, beatings, and jailings

Featured
No, Iran's Grand Bazaar Protest doesn't mean the Government or Economy is Collapsing

No, Iran’s Grand Bazaar Protest doesn’t mean the Government or Economy is Collapsing

Juan Cole

These were rallies of the economically privileged

Immigration
What Have We Done?  Moral Injury and the Family Separation Policy

What Have We Done? Moral Injury and the Family Separation Policy

Gail Ukockis

The concept of “moral injury” could help us understand the impact of the Trump administration’s family separation policy

Iraq
Iraq bombs meeting of Daesh leaders in Syria; kills high-value targets

Iraq bombs meeting of Daesh leaders in Syria; kills high-value targets

Middle East Monitor

Iraq has launched an air attack on a gathering of Daesh leaders inside neighbouring Syria, killing 45 members of the hardline militant group

Climate Change
Is Fertile Crescent Drying up?  Neighbors’ Dams, Global Heating, and Iraq’s Low Tigris

Is Fertile Crescent Drying up? Neighbors’ Dams, Global Heating, and Iraq’s Low Tigris

Niqash

Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Needed To Keep Iraq’s Water Flowing

Native Americans
Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents

Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents

Mark Trahant

This is not the first administration to order the forced separation of families

Featured
Warning to US:  Erdogan has used same techniques as Trump to de-Democratize Turkey

Warning to US: Erdogan has used same techniques as Trump to de-Democratize Turkey

Juan Cole

Erdogan’s rise as an authoritarian strong man is a key lesson to America about how Trump could move the US in a similar direction

Featured
Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants

Sarah Sanders complains about not being served in Restaurant after Urging same Treatment of Gays, Immigrants

Juan Cole

Sara Sanders complained on Twitter about not being served at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. WaPo reports that the owner, Stephanie Wilkinson, insisted that patrons uphold standards of honesty and compassion, and that Sanders flacks for an “inhumane and unethical” administration, defending Trump’s “cruelest policies.” Wilkinson’s grounds for not serving the White House […]

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