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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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Can Corporate Power Be Controlled in the Age of Trump? Steps Toward a Constructive Liberal-Left Alliance

Can Corporate Power Be Controlled in the Age of Trump? Steps Toward a Constructive Liberal-Left Alliance

By G. William Domhoff |( Who Rules America?) | – – Based in good part on findings within the subfield of sociology known as power […]

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Top 5 Signs Trump doesn't Actually Care about Iranian Protesters

Top 5 Signs Trump doesn’t Actually Care about Iranian Protesters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has tweeted as though he cares about the welfare of the Iranian protesters in small […]

Juan Cole

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When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay

When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay

General Electric doubled down on coal. Now, 12,000 workers are paying the price.

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2017 was so Gross we even had to relitigate Evils of Colonialism

2017 was so Gross we even had to relitigate Evils of Colonialism

Joseph McQuade | (The Conversation) | – – Recently an academic article, asserting the historical benefits of colonialism, created an outcry and a petition with […]

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censorship
Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US

Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US

TeleSur | – – Facebook has been working with Israeli Government officials to suppress Palestinian voices in the social media sphere according to a report […]

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Did the US cause Iran's Economic Protests & will Trump Take Advantage?

Did the US cause Iran’s Economic Protests & will Trump Take Advantage?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The scattered urban protests that began in Mashhad on Thursday spread to several other provincial cities […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt: Armed attack on Church south of Cairo leaves 10 Dead

Egypt: Armed attack on Church south of Cairo leaves 10 Dead

Middle East Monitor | – – Egyptian media sources have reported that the Mar Mina Church in Helwan, south of Cairo, was attacked this morning, […]

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Extreme Weather
If only they Were Houston: 45% Puerto Ricans still lack Power

If only they Were Houston: 45% Puerto Ricans still lack Power

US citizens of island “Territory” treated differently from White Mainland by Trump Administration

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Goodbye to 2017, the Year Trump Coarsened our World

Goodbye to 2017, the Year Trump Coarsened our World

From ignoring Rohingyas to threatening Trade Wars to deep-sixing Mideast Peace

Juan Cole

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