Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]
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Fundamentalism overrules Science in Iran (See, they’re just like us)
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Getting a minister approved in Iran is not a perfect science; finding the right formula for […]
Women as a force for Democracy in Repressive Egypt
Anwar Mhajne and Crystal M Whetstone | The Conversation | – – Democracies in sub-Saharan and North Africa have regressed in recent years. Ethnic and […]
Scrutiny as $300 mn Puerto Rico bid goes to Trump-linked Firm w/ 2 Employees
By Julia Conley, staff writer. | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Tiny company financed by a major donor to the Trump campaign and the Republican […]
Top 7 ways Saudi could learn from Qatar about Moderate Islam
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman has announced that he wants to take his kingdom toward […]
Will Trump’s Iran moves Backfire, Enabling Hard Liners?
By Reese Erlich | ( 48hills.org )- – In Washington DC, Trump’s moves against the Iran nuclear agreement are seen as getting tough on a […]
The Break-Up of America: Donald Trump and the Fourth Great Shattering
By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – When the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published his bestseller The Disuniting of America in 1991, […]
Puerto Ricans Must Come First, Not Wall Street Vultures
By Maria Beri | (Inequality.org) | – – Every dollar going to one of the hedge funds that have bought up much of the island’s […]
Game over for Coal: Solar Power costs to plummet by 60% in coming Years
TeleSur | – – “It’s not always the best strategy to try to protect your industry and have high prices in the long term” claims […]
Fading ISIL in Syria lashes out, kills 128 in reprisals as Gov’t takes back Town
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The so-called Islamic State group of Syria and Iraq, which locals call Daesh (in US, it […]
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