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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands we Boycott Big Oil just as we Boycotted Apartheid

Tutu: Climate Crisis Demands we Boycott Big Oil just as we Boycotted Apartheid

(By Jon Queally) Nobel laureate says ‘people of conscience’ must break ties with oil and gas companies that are destroying planet’s future. Archbishop of South […]

Juan Cole

media
CBS Taps Colbert To Replace Letterman, Limbaugh Bursts Into Flames

CBS Taps Colbert To Replace Letterman, Limbaugh Bursts Into Flames

This could be the single event that our grandchildren — well, the privileged ones who know how to read and have access to e-books and such — will know as the straw that broke the left wing’s back. No less of a historian than Rush Limbaugh declared…

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Jazz legend John McLaughlin Plays Ramallah, Palestine to counteract Palestinian "Isolation"

Jazz legend John McLaughlin Plays Ramallah, Palestine to counteract Palestinian “Isolation”

Jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin plays for Palestine (via AFP) The Palestinian territories are rarely a destination for jazz musicians let alone stars of an […]

Juan Cole

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GOP Armed Services Chair:  Dropping Benghazi, Military did all it Could (Is the Witch Hunt Over?)

GOP Armed Services Chair: Dropping Benghazi, Military did all it Could (Is the Witch Hunt Over?)

(By Juan Cole) Republican Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, declared on Thursday that the US military did all it […]

Juan Cole

Public library opens on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche beach

Public library opens on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche beach

The beach library has four desktop computers and 14 iPads that are available to search the collections.

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art and photography
George W. Bush Used Top Google Results For All His Paintings;  Is he in Legal Trouble?

George W. Bush Used Top Google Results For All His Paintings; Is he in Legal Trouble?

You may have heard the recent stories about former President George W. Bush’s new exhibit of paintings of world leaders. There’s been plenty of chatter about the former President picking up painting as a hobby since leaving office. While many may have…

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Fox News climate change coverage is now 28% accurate, up from 7%

Fox News climate change coverage is now 28% accurate, up from 7%

Posted on 8 April 2014 by dana1981 The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has just published an analysis of 2013 climate coverage by the three major American cable news networks. The report and data are available online, and the results are summarized…

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Military Occupation as Bullying:  The Palestinian Struggle for Dignity in Hebron

Military Occupation as Bullying: The Palestinian Struggle for Dignity in Hebron

(By Johannes A. Makar) Eyewitness Hebron: Follow young Badr in his city of bullies This February, after crossing the Taba-Eliat border from Egypt, less than […]

Juan Cole

Bangladesh
Save Bangladesh & you Save the World:  Give Green Energy aid to Developing Nations of Global South

Save Bangladesh & you Save the World: Give Green Energy aid to Developing Nations of Global South

(By Paul Rogers) Recent examples of short-term climate disruption have done much to bring the overall issue of climate change up the political agenda. In […]

Juan Cole

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