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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Christianity
Egypt's Coptic Christians Protest Killing by Fundamentalists of 4 at Church

Egypt’s Coptic Christians Protest Killing by Fundamentalists of 4 at Church

Coptic Christians in Egypt staged a big demonstration on Monday to protest the shooting deaths of four church-goers at the Church of the Virgin in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
America may Shutter the Gov’t, but not the Gov’t’s Wars (Astore)

America may Shutter the Gov’t, but not the Gov’t’s Wars (Astore)

William J. Astore writes at Tomdispatch: There is a new normal in America: our government may shut down, but our wars continue.  Congress may not […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Settlers Chop down more Palestinian Olive Trees (having destroyed 800,000 since 1967)

Israeli Settlers Chop down more Palestinian Olive Trees (having destroyed 800,000 since 1967)

Israeli settlers over the weekend used chain saws to destroy some 100 Palestinian olive trees in Qaryut village near the West Bank city of Nablus. […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Sanders: Climate Change more Menacing than Terrorism (Germanos)

Sanders: Climate Change more Menacing than Terrorism (Germanos)

Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams.org: In a newly published interview, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) blasts the "unfettered capitalism" that has collapsed the middle class, and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Climate Change Threats being ignored by your Television News

Top Ten Climate Change Threats being ignored by your Television News

Since many mainstream media outlets in the US are burying the dramatic climate change stories from all around the world, either by not reporting them […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia in Unprecedented Withdrawal from UN Security Council over Syria, Palestine

Saudi Arabia in Unprecedented Withdrawal from UN Security Council over Syria, Palestine

Saudi Arabia mysteriously withdrew, after having campaigned for and won a seat on the UN Security Council. They said it was over Western inaction on […]

Juan Cole

Drones
As Pakistan says US Drones killed 400 Civilians, UN Report Demands US Data (Ross)

As Pakistan says US Drones killed 400 Civilians, UN Report Demands US Data (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A report by a UN expert urges the US to ‘release its own data on […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Top 10 Ways Ted Cruz & the Tea Party Weakened America with Shutdown

Top 10 Ways Ted Cruz & the Tea Party Weakened America with Shutdown

1. The Cruz/Tea Party shut down of the US government cost the US economy $24 billion 2. As a result of the shutdown, fourth quarter […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars

The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars

A new household survey of Iraqis has projected the civilian death toll from the Bush administration’s invasion and occupation of Iraq at roughly 450,000. Passive […]

Juan Cole

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