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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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"Have you heard the one about the Ayatollah?":  Iran Hard Liners outraged at Internet Humor

“Have you heard the one about the Ayatollah?”: Iran Hard Liners outraged at Internet Humor

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL A friend of the Imam asks him, “Would you like to drink vodka or tequila?” Outraged at the indignity, the […]

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Banking
Elizabeth Warren: Taking on Entrenched Wall Street Interests that have Rigged the Game (Moyers)

Elizabeth Warren: Taking on Entrenched Wall Street Interests that have Rigged the Game (Moyers)

Bill Moyers: “The Massachusetts senator talks to Bill about taking on the entrenched political and Wall Street interests that have rigged the game against the […]

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Apartheid
Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict?  Was it even a "War"?

Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict? Was it even a “War”?

By Ramzy Baroud (Maan) In the rush to analyze the outcome of Israel’s 51-day war in Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, some may have neglected […]

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Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

By Juan Cole 1. Karen DeYoung points out that the siege of the Iraqi Shiite town of Amerli could not have been broken without the […]

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Barack Obama
Can Obama Resist Hawks' Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

Can Obama Resist Hawks’ Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

By Adam Quinn, University of Birmingham via The Conversation US president Barack Obama has yet to work out exactly what America’s strategy is in confronting […]

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art and photography
Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre

Putting the ‘Hero’ back in ‘Superhero’: How the Muslim Superhero Can Save the Genre

By A. David Lewis for for ISLAMiCommentary A. David Lewis Muslims don’t present a problem for superhero comics. They present a solution. A previous installment […]

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Iran
What You won't See on US TV:   Iranians Sympathetic to US over ISIL Attacks

What You won’t See on US TV: Iranians Sympathetic to US over ISIL Attacks

Channel 4 News Channel 4 News: “What does Iran make of Islamic State?” Meanwhile, although some Iranian sources deny it, the BBC’s sources say that […]

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Climate Change
Elon Musk's Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

Elon Musk’s Nevada Gigafactory may Save the World

By Juan Cole KRQE: “Official: Tesla picks Nevada for Gigafactory” Clean Technica points out that the battery-making factory is on track to reduce battery prices […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately reverse its illegal appropriation of a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank south of […]

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