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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

BY Richard Penaskovic | – Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, […]

The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

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The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

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Iraq
Are ISIL fighters Afraid of Women with Guns?

Are ISIL fighters Afraid of Women with Guns?

BBC “In Kurdish areas of northern Syria, fighters have been battling Islamic State – or ISIS – for two years – and unlike Iraq’s kurdish […]

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Iran
Iran begins to Emerge from three Decades of Isolation

Iran begins to Emerge from three Decades of Isolation

Channel 4 News Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi tells Channel 4 News that there is a genuine negotiating bond of respect with the United […]

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Climate Change
Will the People’s Climate March be this generation’s March on Washington?

Will the People’s Climate March be this generation’s March on Washington?

By Nick Engelfried On August 28, 1963, 200,000 people swarmed into the nation’s capital for one of the most iconic moments in the civil rights […]

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Democracy
New Iraqi Government:  Less than Meets the Eye?

New Iraqi Government: Less than Meets the Eye?

By Juan Cole The Iraqi parliament finally voted in the government of new Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi on Monday, in what US Secretary of State […]

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Economy
Do Latinos in US have to Change their Names to Get a Job?

Do Latinos in US have to Change their Names to Get a Job?

The Young Turks “”Zamora’s story was the same as those of so many Americans nowadays who are struggling to find a job. Zamora stated that […]

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Iraq
US Fighting ISIL on Social Media

US Fighting ISIL on Social Media

AJ+ The US State Department is taking the fight against Islamic State group and others to social media. Their English-language project called “Think Again Turn […]

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Apartheid
Do Palestinians have Freedom of Assembly?  West Bank Protests Repressed

Do Palestinians have Freedom of Assembly? West Bank Protests Repressed

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians took part in marches across the West Bank on Friday calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and […]

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5 Things to Know Today about the Fight Against ISIL

5 Things to Know Today about the Fight Against ISIL

By Juan Cole 1. On Sunday evening, BBC reports that Iraqi fighter jets bombed the villages of al-Riyadh and al-Nirab in the vicinity of Hawija, […]

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Arab World
Cole's "The New Arabs" at Firedoglake Book Salon

Cole’s “The New Arabs” at Firedoglake Book Salon

By Juan Cole Firedoglake Book Salon on Juan Cole, The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is changing the Middle East See also this recent […]

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