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Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide
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Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and most […]

Extreme Weather alone doesn’t Change Views on Climate Change, People need to Link Them

Extreme Weather alone doesn’t Change Views on Climate Change, People need to Link Them

07/06/2025 By The Conversation

On the Electoral Tactics of the American Historical Association

On the Electoral Tactics of the American Historical Association

07/06/2025 By Joan W. Scott

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Walt Whitman’s “Salut au Monde” (Poem of the Day)

Walt Whitman’s “Salut au Monde” (Poem of the Day)

(By Walt Whitman) “Salut au Monde” [Greeting to the World: from Leaves of Grass, 1856] 1 O TAKE my hand, Walt Whitman! Such gliding wonders! […]

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Iran
Iranian-Armenian Nurse taking an X-Ray in Isfahan, 1900 (Photo of the Day)

Iranian-Armenian Nurse taking an X-Ray in Isfahan, 1900 (Photo of the Day)

(By Juan Cole) This amazing photograph probably dates to 1900. Taken in at the Christian Mission Society hospital in Julfa, the Armenian neighborhood of Isfahan, […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
NSA bribed Encryption Companies to Install Back Doors:  Was the Law Broken?  Did Obama Know?

NSA bribed Encryption Companies to Install Back Doors: Was the Law Broken? Did Obama Know?

(By Juan Cole) Reuters gets the scoop: the National Security Agency gave internet security firm RSA some $10 million to use an NSA encryption formula […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
Real-Life "Gravity:"  Space Repair Walk and NASA's Breakthroughs 2013

Real-Life “Gravity:” Space Repair Walk and NASA’s Breakthroughs 2013

CBS reports on today’s space walk by astronauts to repair the cooling system at the International Space Station: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration reports […]

Juan Cole

Drones
How many American Weddings would have to get hit by Drones before they were Banned?

How many American Weddings would have to get hit by Drones before they were Banned?

(By Tom Engelhardt) The headline — “Bride and Boom!” — was spectacular, if you think killing people in distant lands is a blast and a […]

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Popular Culture
Video of the Day: Fox News wishes you 'Happy Holidays' (War on Christmas Fail)

Video of the Day: Fox News wishes you ‘Happy Holidays’ (War on Christmas Fail)

Cenk Uygur of Young Turks reports on Fox Cable News’ hypocrisy in hyping a mythical “war on Christmas” that allegedly involves forbidding the phrase “Merry […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Sufi Center in Hama, Syria, c. 1900 (Photo of the Day)

Sufi Center in Hama, Syria, c. 1900 (Photo of the Day)

(From Gertrude Bell, Syria: The Desert and the Sown, 1908) Hama is a small, mainly Sunni Arab city in the center-west of Syria famed for […]

Juan Cole

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Obama will Veto new Iran Sanctions, Israel War Mandate pushed by AIPAC Senators

Obama will Veto new Iran Sanctions, Israel War Mandate pushed by AIPAC Senators

(By Juan Cole) In his end-of-the-year press conference, President Obama had to defend his Iran negotiations in the face of a revolt within his own […]

Juan Cole

Erdogan expected to bounce back from corruption probe blow

Erdogan expected to bounce back from corruption probe blow

Turkish prime minister has been hurt by arrests of people close to him – and his government’s response – but his presidential prospects are still […]

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