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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

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Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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Israeli Occupation Army harasses Palestinians on Pretext of Missing Settler  Youth

Israeli Occupation Army harasses Palestinians on Pretext of Missing Settler Youth

Palestinian families bear brunt as Israel hunts teens (via AFP) It was the sound of the front door being kicked in that woke the Izrayqat […]

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It’s come to this: Fox News brings on NFL’s Terry Bradshaw for Benghazi analysis

It’s come to this: Fox News brings on NFL’s Terry Bradshaw for Benghazi analysis

Fox News on Wednesday continued its multi-year obsession with the terrorist attack in Benghazi by inviting NFL football analyst and former quarterback Terry Bradshaw to weigh in. Out Numbered host Andrea Tantaros began the segment by highlighting a…

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Iraq is more like N. Ireland than Lebanon, Reconciliation is Possible

Iraq is more like N. Ireland than Lebanon, Reconciliation is Possible

By Jocelyne Cesari The attack of The Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) on Mossul and its march on Baghdad has taken the […]

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Torture:  What's Race Got to do with It?

Torture: What’s Race Got to do with It?

By Rebecca Gordon June is Torture Awareness Month, so this seems like a good time to consider some difficult aspects of torture people in the […]

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As US Pressures Maliki to Resign, will Iraqi Gov't Collapse?

As US Pressures Maliki to Resign, will Iraqi Gov’t Collapse?

By Juan Cole A consensus is forming in Washington that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must resign, as part of accountability for his failures with his […]

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Cons of Going to War against Iraq (Cole, Jan. 2003)

Cons of Going to War against Iraq (Cole, Jan. 2003)

By Juan Cole From a talk I gave at the University of Michigan in late 2002, publised at the beginning of 2003. It is often […]

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Torturing for the Nation

Torturing for the Nation

By Ariel Dorfman via Tomdispatch.com According to an Amnesty International Poll released in May, 45% of Americans believe that torture is “sometimes necessary and acceptable” in […]

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America Has Gained Almost 1 Million Healthcare Jobs Since Obamacare Was Passed

America Has Gained Almost 1 Million Healthcare Jobs Since Obamacare Was Passed

Ask any Republican about the link between the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and job growth in America and they’ll tell you that Obamacare is ruining our economy and robbing good people of jobs. Of course, that just isn’t true. According to Forbes…

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Dear GOP:  Captured Benghazi Suspect Says He Was Inspired By Video

Dear GOP: Captured Benghazi Suspect Says He Was Inspired By Video

Abu Khatalla, the captured suspected ringleader of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack, says it was the much-discussed video that inspired him to act. What he did in the period just before the attack has remained unclear. But Mr. Abu Khattala told…

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