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

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

Norman Solomon

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

11/26/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Inequality
Can We Safeguard Our Democracy After Supreme Court Decision?

Can We Safeguard Our Democracy After Supreme Court Decision?

The Supreme Court’s evisceration of our campaign finance rules is a powerful argument for the cleansing properties of sunlight. We should respond to McCutcheon by pushing for the full and timely disclosure of every penny donated to advance a political…

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Afghanistan
Will electoral Fraud undermine Afghanistan's new President?

Will electoral Fraud undermine Afghanistan’s new President?

(By Djeyhoun Ostowar) War-torn Afghanistan does not possess a civil registry. It therefore lacks reliable statistics. Given widespread corruption, the absence of an identification system […]

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Iraq
In Iraq Elections, Rich Parties get Richer on State Funds

In Iraq Elections, Rich Parties get Richer on State Funds

(By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | Niqash) Election posters are everywhere now that campaigning has officially started. Campaigning for Iraq’s general elections officially began this […]

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Climate Change
Dear America: Climate Change is threatening Water, Plants, Animals & doesn't care what Party you belong To

Dear America: Climate Change is threatening Water, Plants, Animals & doesn’t care what Party you belong To

(By Juan Cole) A Gallup poll has found that only 35% of Americans are concerned about climate change, and that proportion is barely up from […]

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Afghanistan
After Karzai:  Afghanistan votes for a New President amid Security Threats

After Karzai: Afghanistan votes for a New President amid Security Threats

Afghanistan poised for uncertain election as US forces exit (via AFP) Afghanistan heads to the polls Saturday to choose a new president after Hamid Karzai’s […]

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Bill of Rights
ACLU Complains: CIA to Filter Release by Senate of  Torture Report

ACLU Complains: CIA to Filter Release by Senate of Torture Report

(By Sarah Lazare) The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to partially lift the media and public blackout of its 6,300 page investigation into widespread […]

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Climate Change
Hope for Ending Gas and Coal:  US Wind Energy Is Breaking Records

Hope for Ending Gas and Coal: US Wind Energy Is Breaking Records

Originally published on AWEA. Washington, D.C., — Wind energy is breaking records across the U.S., thanks to long-needed transmission upgrades that are relieving congestion on the power grid and allowing more clean energy to reach consumers. Last…

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Afghanistan
US National Security hijacked, flown into Bermuda Triangle of Mysteries

US National Security hijacked, flown into Bermuda Triangle of Mysteries

(By Tom Engelhardt) Isn’t there something strangely reassuring when your eyeballs are gripped by a “mystery” on the news that has no greater meaning and […]

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Featured
Top 5 Things wrong with US AID Social Media Plot Against Cuba

Top 5 Things wrong with US AID Social Media Plot Against Cuba

(By Juan Cole) The US Agency for International Development established a microblogging platfrom similar to Twitter for Cubans. It used it to promote critical discussion […]

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