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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

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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Green Transportation
Sell that Oil Stock!  Electric Cars are Here

Sell that Oil Stock! Electric Cars are Here

The Tree | – – As fossil fuels fight loud and clumsy battles for continued dominance in countries such as the US, UK, and Australia, […]

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Republican Party
Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed

Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed

By Michele Gilman | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump touts that as president he would be good for American workers. Although many of […]

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Democratic Party
Emails and Groping:  Our Halloween Election keeps Scaring us to Death

Emails and Groping: Our Halloween Election keeps Scaring us to Death

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All Hallow’s Eve, contracted now to Halloween, became conflated with the Scottish and Irish pagan Samhain, […]

Juan Cole

Islam
“The Meaning of Peace in the Quran” – Juan Cole @ PBS

“The Meaning of Peace in the Quran” – Juan Cole @ PBS

Juan Cole | PBS | Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (Video Interview) | – – Via Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PBS On my new book, Muhammad: […]

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Islam-hatred
US Veterans' Biggest Battle:  Challenging Islamophobia

US Veterans’ Biggest Battle: Challenging Islamophobia

By Nate Terani | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I’m not an immigrant, but my grandparents are. More than 50 years ago, they arrived […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Another Saudi War Crime in Yemen as 43 Prisoners dead in Airstrike

Another Saudi War Crime in Yemen as 43 Prisoners dead in Airstrike

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi airstrikes targeting a judiciary building in al-Hudayda, a port on the western coast of Yemen […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli squatter saboteurs cut down 18 Palestinian trees near Bethlehem

Israeli squatter saboteurs cut down 18 Palestinian trees near Bethlehem

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Saturday morning cut down 18 olive trees belonging to a Palestinian family in […]

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racism
Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos

Facebook Ad Option allows Discrimination Against Blacks, Latinos

By Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr. | (ProPublica) | – – Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children

Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – . . . “There’s no question that, in the worst case, Mosul will represent the […]

Juan Cole

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