Juan Cole

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor in the History Department at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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

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

The revolution and its social and political freedoms offered them a space to question everything, including how they relate to Islamic teachings

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

The book situates Davis’s legacy within today’s threats to free inquiry, examining the recurring dangers of political repression and censorship

This wine jug was once, like me, a miserable lover — captive to the tresses of a heartthrob

The horrid Bill Maher and his guest Van Jones even guffawed about dead Gaza babies.