Informed Comment - Part 1355

Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahershala Ali, 43, last night won an Oscar for best supporting actor, in Moonlight . The […]

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censorship

Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective

By Banu Gökarıksel | ( Duke University Blog ) | – – Feminist critiques of political power reveal the central function of gender, sexuality, and […]

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Donald Trump

Trumpocalypse: How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – It’s been epic! A cast of thousands! (Hundreds? Tens?) A spectacular production that, five weeks after opening on […]

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Culture

Iran’s Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows

TeleSur | – – “We believe there is no best country, best gender, best religion or best color,” the directors of the five Oscar foreign […]

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Authoritarianism

Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump was unhappy Saturday that the major media had neglected to report a point made […]

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Houthi

As Trump Goes In: Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) When it comes to reporting the conflict in Yemen, Fox News is exceptionally bad. Fox has been fooling […]

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art and photography

Photo of the Day: Gaza (the Old Town), 1862

The New York Public Library | Francis Frith | – – The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, […]

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Authoritarianism

Did White House interfere with FBI Probe of Russia Ties?

By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Brazen attempt at political interference provokes comparisons to Watergate White House Chief of […]

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Islam