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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad
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A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – Osamah F. Khalil, A World of Enemies: America’s Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard […]

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

California Democrats push to block ICE from Schools, Hospitals and Shelters

06/08/2025 By Cal Matters

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

Trump’s Middle East Pivot aims to counter China’s rising Influence

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Can Egypt's Women ever find a Personal Space of their Own?

Can Egypt’s Women ever find a Personal Space of their Own?

(By Zainab Magdy) Last month a young woman was mob attacked on Cairo University campus. Socially and culturally constructed circles that control our lives seem […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Obamacare Enrolls 7.1 Million:  But Will the haters ever stop hating?

Obamacare Enrolls 7.1 Million: But Will the haters ever stop hating?

LAST week, while watching videos on YouTube, I was repeatedly served with an advertisement in which a mournful woman informed me that unfortunately, Obamacare “just doesn’t work.” This left me bemused, since I live in a country where a variety of Obamacare…

Juan Cole

Climate Change
High as a Kite on Carbon Dioxide:  Fracking Delirium in the American 1%

High as a Kite on Carbon Dioxide: Fracking Delirium in the American 1%

(By Michael Klare) Of all the preposterous, irresponsible headlines that have appeared on the front page of the New York Times in recent years, few have exceeded […]

Juan Cole

science
The Promise and Existential Risks of Nanotechnology (Plus Free book)

The Promise and Existential Risks of Nanotechnology (Plus Free book)

Video by Dr. Kim Solez on Existential Risks [of Nanotechnology] prepared for the Lifeboat Foundation. The Bill Joy video excerpt from the year 2000 in […]

Juan Cole

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Palestine's Abbas finally  says will Go to UN over Israeli Squatters

Palestine’s Abbas finally says will Go to UN over Israeli Squatters

(By Juan Cole) Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday signed a some 15 international treaties and UN legal instruments, including the Geneva Conventions, in preparation […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Egypt's new Cult of Personality:  The Beatification of Saint Gen. al-Sisi

Egypt’s new Cult of Personality: The Beatification of Saint Gen. al-Sisi

(By Charles Kurzman via IslamiCommentary) Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the military ruler of Egypt for the past nine months, is no ordinary candidate for president. He […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Drones Gone Wild:  on the unreliability of killer robots

Drones Gone Wild: on the unreliability of killer robots

(By Alice Ross and Jack Serle) UK Parliamentarians have called for greater transparency in the UK use of drones, citing the Bureau’s research. The call […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Muslim victim of Boston Marathon bombing sues Glenn Beck for defamation and slander

Muslim victim of Boston Marathon bombing sues Glenn Beck for defamation and slander

A Muslim victim of the Boston Marathon bombing has sued Glenn Beck for defamation and slander after the talk show host accused him of funding the attacks. Race spectator Abdulrahman Alharbi filed a federal lawsuit against Beck and his companies, The…

Juan Cole

Constitution
The Militarization of America's Local Police (Infographic)

The Militarization of America’s Local Police (Infographic)

Militarization of our Police Forces – An infographic by the team at ArrestRecords.com — Related video: RT America: “Proposed bill would curb militarization of US […]

Juan Cole

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