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Juan Cole

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In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

Juan Cole

Thousands of children have starved and 16 million persons are food insecure in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Archaeology
Dear Tucker Carlson:  Iraqis Invented Civilization and, like, Literacy when "White Men" were Painting themselves Blue

Dear Tucker Carlson: Iraqis Invented Civilization and, like, Literacy when “White Men” were Painting themselves Blue

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tucker Carlson has been playing David Duke with a northeast accent and bow tie for some years, but in radio interviews with Bubba the Love Sponge from a decade ago released by Media Matters, he gave up the dog whistle for butchering and barbecuing the dog. Mediamatters4america: “Tucker Carlson makes […]

journalism
Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)

Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)

Juan Cole

Media Matters for America has released an interview Tucker Carlson

Featured
Even Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu's Racism: 'It is not a matter of ... Arabs or Jews"

Even Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu’s Racism: ‘It is not a matter of … Arabs or Jews”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Can Wonder Woman take down Israel’s combative, far right wing prime minister over his disturbing racism? Actress Gal Gadot, who played the Amazonian superhero in the blockbuster DC Entertainment film, has weighed in. As her character, Diana, said in the film, “I am the man who can.” Embed from Getty […]

Featured
America's Long History of Hysteria about Women's Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

America’s Long History of Hysteria about Women’s Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

Juan Cole

In fact, nothing is more American historically than veiling and debates on veiling.

Featured
In Bellwether, Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Oil Exploration Stocks as Bad Investment

In Bellwether, Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Oil Exploration Stocks as Bad Investment

Juan Cole

Investing in hydrocarbons for long-term income is the Blockbuster Trap

Russia
Despite Pentagon Threats, Turkey’s Erdogan Set on Russian S-400 Anti-Aircraft Batteries

Despite Pentagon Threats, Turkey’s Erdogan Set on Russian S-400 Anti-Aircraft Batteries

Juan Cole

The US believes the S-400 sale is part of Russian efforts to disrupt the NATO alliance with Turkey

Colonialism
What does the World look like from Somalia? Explaining why Ilhan Omar Scares the Horses in DC

What does the World look like from Somalia? Explaining why Ilhan Omar Scares the Horses in DC

Juan Cole

Racist hierarchies and segregation, crushing wars of conquest, the disruption and displacement of entire regions

Archaeology
For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

Juan Cole

For Int’l Women’s Day, via OCIANA a Safaitic Arabic inscription [c. 1-400 AD], by a wealthy woman calling on two goddesses for peace: “By Shamat daughter of Sar is the mule [owned] and O {Shahqam} —-m—- [and] Allat, [grant] {security} [for] the people of al-Ḍaf.” This inscription from the first centuries after Christ in Arabia […]

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