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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

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The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Al-Qaeda Rising?  After Aleppo defeat, Syrian Rebels turn on Each other

Al-Qaeda Rising? After Aleppo defeat, Syrian Rebels turn on Each other

By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – 2017, it seems, will be no less chaotic than its predecessor — an aphorism made […]

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Donald Trump
SNL Spicey on 'Extreme Vetting':  The Blondes Get In

SNL Spicey on ‘Extreme Vetting’: The Blondes Get In

NBC | Saturday Night Live Cold Open Skit | – – “Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press […]

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Donald Trump
After Miller's Mega-Lies, time to rev back up the Reality Based Community

After Miller’s Mega-Lies, time to rev back up the Reality Based Community

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Stephen Miller, a snot-nosed kid with a bad attitude, advertised as White House senior policy adviser, […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey’s Long Nightmare: Remembering the Night of the Coup

Turkey’s Long Nightmare: Remembering the Night of the Coup

Cüneyt Özdemir | (Duke University Middle East Studies Center | – – Cüneyt Özdemir is a columnist and investigative journalist with 28 years experience reporting […]

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Islam-hatred
Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood 'Terrorists' will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump […]

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Bernie Sanders
Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?

Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?

TeleSur | – – Maria Svart of DSA speaks to teleSUR about how her organization is using Sanders’ vision to fight Trump and neoliberalism within […]

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China
Could Trump's War of Words with China turn Hot?

Could Trump’s War of Words with China turn Hot?

By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Forget those “bad hombres down there” in Mexico that U.S. troops might take out. Ignore the […]

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Donald Trump
Can Peak Gerrymandering by GOP be Challenged by Progressives?

Can Peak Gerrymandering by GOP be Challenged by Progressives?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a dramatic outcome that could well change national politics, a Federal court last November found […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Image of the Day:  “Jonah and the Whale” (Persian Miniature)

Image of the Day: “Jonah and the Whale” (Persian Miniature)

Metropolitan Museum of Art | (Persian Miniature Painting) | – – “Jonah and the Whale”, Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles [A medieval […]

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