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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)
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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)

H. Patricia Hynes

Health inequalities cannot be eliminated without addressing the injustice that contribute to weathering – the physical toll

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

01/02/2026 By Common Dreams

Gaza:  Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

Gaza: Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

01/02/2026 By International Middle East Media Center

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Australia burns, swelters in Hottest Year on Record (Climate Instability Story of the Day)

Australia burns, swelters in Hottest Year on Record (Climate Instability Story of the Day)

(By AFP) Australia endures hottest year on record (via AFP) Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said Friday, […]

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Pakistan
Former Pakistan Dictator suffers "heart problem" on Way to Treason Trial

Former Pakistan Dictator suffers “heart problem” on Way to Treason Trial

(by AFP) Musharraf suffers ‘heart problem’ on way to treason hearing (via AFP) Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was rushed to hospital Thursday after […]

Juan Cole

science
Space Exploration as Reality Show: 1000 chosen for Private Mars Colonization Mission

Space Exploration as Reality Show: 1000 chosen for Private Mars Colonization Mission

(By AFP> More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission (via AFP) More than 1,000 candidates — from 200,000 hopefuls — have been chosen […]

Juan Cole

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GOP isn't Getting more Ignorant on Evolution, it is Just getting Older

GOP isn’t Getting more Ignorant on Evolution, it is Just getting Older

(By Juan Cole) Polling by the Pew Charitable trust shows that the gap between Republicans and Democrats on evolution has substantially widened in just 5 […]

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Syria
Syria: 73,000 were Killed in 2013 Carnage as Refugees Brace for Winter

Syria: 73,000 were Killed in 2013 Carnage as Refugees Brace for Winter

(By AFP) 73,000 dead in Syria in 2013, war’s bloodiest year (via AFP) More than 73,000 people were killed in Syria in 2013, the bloodiest […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Is a Third Palestinian Uprising on its Way?

Is a Third Palestinian Uprising on its Way?

(By Ruthie Blum) On December 25, Ali Jarbawi published his blockbuster Op-Ed “The Coming Intifada” with The New York Times. ”We Palestinians are living through […]

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art and photography
Street Kebab Chef in Mosul, Iraq, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

Street Kebab Chef in Mosul, Iraq, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

From M. E. Hume-Griffith and A. Hume, Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman’s Eight Years’ Residence Amongst the […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Egyptian Military Junta Jumps the Shark, Interrogates Islamist Muppet

Egyptian Military Junta Jumps the Shark, Interrogates Islamist Muppet

(By Juan Cole) When the venerable al-Ahram newspaper, then under the control of the government of Hosni Mubarak, published the allegation during the 2011 revolution […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Solar Ascendancy: Minnesota Court Ruling for Solar over Gas a Harbinger of Things to Come

Solar Ascendancy: Minnesota Court Ruling for Solar over Gas a Harbinger of Things to Come

(By Juan Cole) Minnesota Judge Eric Lipman found that solar is a better deal than natural gas for Xcel Energy, permitting Geronimo Energy to construct […]

Juan Cole

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