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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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Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse)

Redefining Torture and the Waterboarding of Americans (Turse)

Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com: Try to remain calm — even as you begin to feel your chest tighten and your heart race.  Try not […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later

Bahrain’s Agony Continues 2 Years Later

Bahrain national dialogue talks began again on Sunday as two small parties came back to the table after a token protest against what they called […]

Juan Cole

Iran
A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)

A Different View of Iran, 2013 (Video)

Meh Heyd did a mash-up of iPhone video he just took on a trip to Iran and set it to music. In the US we […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat's death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests

Palestinian Prisoner Jaradat’s death in Israeli Cell Provokes Further Protests

Arafat Jaradat was detained by Israeli authorities near Hebron last Monday at a protest of illegal Israeli squatting on Palestinian land. On Saturday the 30=year-old […]

Juan Cole

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Today’s top Green Energy Good News

Today’s top Green Energy Good News

Russia is funding research into powering its airplanes with solar energy. The airline industry is being hurt by high fuel prices, and solar-powered planes would […]

Juan Cole

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Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections?  Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)

Should Anonymous Billionaires be able Secretly to buy our Elections? Lawsuit against IRS says Not (Barker)

Kim Barker writes at ProPublica A former Illinois congressional candidate and a government watchdog organization have teamed up to sue the Internal Revenue Service, claiming […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Can Solar Energy save India’s Taj Mahal?

Can Solar Energy save India’s Taj Mahal?

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says that it wants to develop Agra as a solar city in part so as to save the Taj […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Greening of Saudi Arabia:  NASA Photos Show Kingdom Tapping non-renewable Aquifers for Farming

Greening of Saudi Arabia: NASA Photos Show Kingdom Tapping non-renewable Aquifers for Farming

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration last year published a series of photos over past decades showing expansion of farming in Saudi Arabia’s Syrian […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel-Palestine at the Oscars:  Amy Goodman’s interviews on 5 Broken Cameras and the Gatekeepers

Israel-Palestine at the Oscars: Amy Goodman’s interviews on 5 Broken Cameras and the Gatekeepers

Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! has been interviewing the makers and subjects of Oscar nominees for best documentary, including the Palestinian film “5 Broken Cameras” and […]

Juan Cole

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