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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Drones
When we Kill without Caring: Bill Moyers on the Downside of Drones (Video)

When we Kill without Caring: Bill Moyers on the Downside of Drones (Video)

Bill Moyers on the downside of droning our enemies to death. The blurb: In a web-extended version of his broadcast essay, Bill Moyers gives examples […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Top Ten Surprises of the Brennan Hearing on CIA Torture and Drones

Top Ten Surprises of the Brennan Hearing on CIA Torture and Drones

The confirmation hearing for John Brennan allowed the country to grapple with many issues that had been swept under the rug and seldom discussed in […]

Juan Cole

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Are today’s Drone Strikes still covered by the 2001 Congressional Authorization of Use of Force? (Currier)

Are today’s Drone Strikes still covered by the 2001 Congressional Authorization of Use of Force? (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica: Drone Strikes Test Legal Grounds for War on Terror In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama declared that “a decade […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan

Naming the Dead Killed by US Drones: (Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

The Drones Team at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism writes: The Bureau is launching an ambitious new investigation, which will seek to identify as many […]

Juan Cole

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Deep Democratization in Egypt: How Women are Driving the Changes (Krause)

Deep Democratization in Egypt: How Women are Driving the Changes (Krause)

Wanda Krause writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Political analysts writing on Egypt have tended to focus on the missteps of President Mohamed […]

Juan Cole

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Lawmakers Threaten Brooklyn College for Event on Boycott of Israel over Settlements  (Democracy Now!)

Lawmakers Threaten Brooklyn College for Event on Boycott of Israel over Settlements (Democracy Now!)

Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! reports on the attempt of far right-wing partisans of Israel to quash a courtesy sponsorship by the Department of Political Science […]

Juan Cole

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Drones and Democracy (Moyers Video Interview)

Drones and Democracy (Moyers Video Interview)

Bill Moyers discusses with his guests the question of “Drones and Democracy” The blurb for the show from BillMoyers.com: Vicki Divoll and Vincent Warren on […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Stop the Great Coal Export Conspiracy!  (Greenpeace)

Stop the Great Coal Export Conspiracy! (Greenpeace)

Greenpeace USA explains: Big Coal plans to get around Environmental Protection Agency restrictions on toxic emissions by just shipping the coal abroad to countries that […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Top Five Objections to the White House’s Drone Killing Memo

Top Five Objections to the White House’s Drone Killing Memo

NBC’s Michael Isikoff has revealed the text of a white paper composed for Congress by the Department of Justice that sheds light on the legal […]

Juan Cole

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