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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

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What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness

What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness

Zenobia Jeffries | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in […]

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Donald Trump
One Day's News:  American Apocalypse?

One Day’s News: American Apocalypse?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – On Wednesday October 4, the news carried an apocalyptic version of our country with its chaotic […]

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Rouhani: Ten Trumps couldn't scrap Iran Deal

Rouhani: Ten Trumps couldn’t scrap Iran Deal

TeleSur | – – “The nuclear deal was our moral victory,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. Amid speculation that U.S. President Donald Trump is to […]

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Plummeting in Polls, will Trump ‘Wag the Dog’ with Iran, N. Korea?

Plummeting in Polls, will Trump ‘Wag the Dog’ with Iran, N. Korea?

Why did president speak of ‘calm before the storm’?

Juan Cole

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Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?

Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?

By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | – – Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the […]

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Coal
Industrial Mercury (including Coal) & the Communities it has Poisoned

Industrial Mercury (including Coal) & the Communities it has Poisoned

By Joshua Sokol | (Mosaic) | – – From 1932 to 1968, hundreds of tonnes of mercury seeped into the clear waters of Minamata Bay, […]

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African-Americans
Buzzfeed Exposes Breitbart's Neo-Nazi Roots (TYT Video)

Buzzfeed Exposes Breitbart’s Neo-Nazi Roots (TYT Video)

Bannon sent articles to white extremist leaders for line edits

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Donald Trump
Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges

Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump appears likely to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]

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Disrupting Climate Change

Disrupting Climate Change

By Jules Kortenhorst | (Project Syndicate) | – – Despite a surge of apocalyptic weather and fears of runaway climate change, there is still time […]

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