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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds

How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably not as likely to produce immediate turmoil in the […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans

Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans

TeleSur | – – The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list. U.S. President Donald Trump has […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Trump Casino and White House, Inc.

Trump Casino and White House, Inc.

Lobbying and Secret Money in Administration is worse than Citizens United

Juan Cole

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Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament

Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament

Alarming rise of racist Right in German politics

Juan Cole

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"Those People:" Trump plays to White nat'lism from N. Korea to NFL

“Those People:” Trump plays to White nat’lism from N. Korea to NFL

President’s tweetstorm appeals to racial division

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump

New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump

Xenophobic policy will harm US Economy

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like

Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like

Burmese Buddhist persecution of Muslim minority Continues

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Fix Healthcare: Require Congress to have the same Plan we Do

Fix Healthcare: Require Congress to have the same Plan we Do

Universal Health care would be easy if billionaires and politicians were in our system

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Failing dam in Puerto Rico, endangering 70,000, a reminder that Climate Denialism Kills

Failing dam in Puerto Rico, endangering 70,000, a reminder that Climate Denialism Kills

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump, notoriously, tweeted that climate change is a Chinese hoax. Some 70,000 US citizens in […]

Juan Cole

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