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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump:  Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

06/07/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

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Can Int'l Community help stop Libya's Slide into Chaos?

Can Int’l Community help stop Libya’s Slide into Chaos?

(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Tripoli) – The international community should agree to provide assistance to Libya’s flailing judicial system, Human Rights Watch said . . […]

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astronomy and outer space
Journalists should stop 'balancing' stories with Science Denialists: Cosmos's Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Journalists should stop ‘balancing’ stories with Science Denialists: Cosmos’s Neil DeGrasse Tyson

(By David Edwards) Neil deGrasse Tyson tells CNN: Stop giving ‘equal time to the flat Earthers’ (via Raw Story ) Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of […]

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Arab Spring
A New Arab Cold War:  Saudi Arabia Pressures Qatar on Muslim Brotherhood, American Think Tanks

A New Arab Cold War: Saudi Arabia Pressures Qatar on Muslim Brotherhood, American Think Tanks

(By Juan Cole) Saudi Arabia’s listing of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and the withdrawal of the Saudi, Kuwaiti United Arab Emirates, and […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Can the Neoconservatives make a comeback via the Ukraine Crisis?

Can the Neoconservatives make a comeback via the Ukraine Crisis?

(By Robert Parry) President Barack Obama has been trying, mostly in secret, to craft a new foreign policy that relies heavily on cooperation with Russian […]

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Climate Change
In Illinois, 91 Communities are now Powered 100% By Green Electricity

In Illinois, 91 Communities are now Powered 100% By Green Electricity

91 Illinois Communities Powered 100% By Green Electricity (via Clean Technica) Article by the WWF. WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2014 – Illinois has embraced renewable electricity on […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

Cheney: With Smaller Military how Could my Accomplishments be Repeated? (Editorial Cartoon)

(By Paul Jamiol) Courtesy Jamiol’s World

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Egypt
Will Russell Crowe as Noah help Egypt Separate Religion and State?

Will Russell Crowe as Noah help Egypt Separate Religion and State?

(By Juan Cole) Darren Aronofski’s biblical epic “Noah” is already provoking controversy in the Muslim world, and has been preemptively banned in three Gulf states. […]

Juan Cole

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Bill O'Reilly says Muslims will Diss Hillary; but 8 Muslim Countries Chose Female Leaders

Bill O’Reilly says Muslims will Diss Hillary; but 8 Muslim Countries Chose Female Leaders

(By Juan Cole) Bill O’Reilly maintains that one downside of having a woman president is that Muslims won’t respect her. For Mr. O’Reilly’s information, here […]

Juan Cole

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CIA: Only Spied On Senate Because They Took Documents Proving We Lied

CIA: Only Spied On Senate Because They Took Documents Proving We Lied

Earlier this week, we wrote about the accusations that the CIA was spying on Senate staffers on the Senate Intelligence Committee as they were working on a massive $40 million 6,300 pages report condemning the CIA’s torture program. The DOJ is apparently…

Juan Cole

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