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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:17

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

10/04/2025 By Juan Cole

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

10/04/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian women: a history of female resistance in Gaza and the West Bank

Palestinian women: a history of female resistance in Gaza and the West Bank

Palestinian women are the backbone of a fragmented and demoralised society

Maria Holt

China
China picking up Iran Gas Deal Trump forced France’s Total to Give Up… In Yuan, not Dollars

China picking up Iran Gas Deal Trump forced France’s Total to Give Up… In Yuan, not Dollars

Trump’s move to reimpose sanctions will hit European companies especially hard

Julien Girault

Climate Change
Alabama Rep with Rocks in his Head blames Rocks for Climate Change

Alabama Rep with Rocks in his Head blames Rocks for Climate Change

Rep. Brooks believes that silt from the Nile River in Egypt is part of the problem. He doesn’t know that the Nile was dammed up in 1958

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
100,000 Yemenis displaced by Saudi-led Coastal Offensive, with Millions on edge of Famine

100,000 Yemenis displaced by Saudi-led Coastal Offensive, with Millions on edge of Famine

Amnesty International warns that “the worst could be yet to come”

AFP

Iraq
Why Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shocking Victory in Iraq Elections isn’t that Shocking

Why Muqtada al-Sadr’s Shocking Victory in Iraq Elections isn’t that Shocking

Iraq’s Election Winner Just Giving The People What They Wanted

Mustafa Habib

Donald Trump
How Trump's 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy

How Trump’s 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy

We are facing an incremental dismantling of our institutions

Karen J. Greenberg

Islamophobia
Islamophobia, Inc.: Sinister Billionaires and White Nationalists breed Hate (Documentary)

Islamophobia, Inc.: Sinister Billionaires and White Nationalists breed Hate (Documentary)

An investigation reveals the tactics various groups use to instigate a fear of Islam

Al Jazeera English

Donald Trump
When Trump calls Latinos "Animals," should we hear echoes of the SS's Undermen?

When Trump calls Latinos “Animals,” should we hear echoes of the SS’s Undermen?

It’s an ugly epithet with a dark history

Juan Cole

Iran
How Trump's Violation of nuclear deal will hurt Iran's dissenters and activists

How Trump’s Violation of nuclear deal will hurt Iran’s dissenters and activists

The US’s unilateral withdrawal is a boost to Iran’s image and will help its government keep much of its civil society in line

Omid Shams

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