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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Juan Cole

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

02/26/2026 By The Conversation

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

02/26/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Well, we dodged the bullet of looking like Zimbabwe on this issue. But we still need a single payer system. And the court exempting states […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Courts and Democracy in Egypt, Pakistan and the United States

Supreme Courts and Democracy in Egypt, Pakistan and the United States

As the US Supreme Court rules on the universal health care plan, it is worth considering that all of a sudden the courts are playing […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa (Map)

Supreme Court declines to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa (Map)

Well, we dodged the bullet of looking like Zimbabwe on this issue. But we still need a single payer system. And the court exempting states […]

Juan Cole

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Graphs of Death: US Drone Strikes Visualized (Pegg)

David Pegg writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism These graphs accurately reflect the Bureau’s data on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan to the most […]

Juan Cole

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Global Warming and Colorado's Great Fire

Global Warming and Colorado’s Great Fire

Weather is specific events, climate is the long-term pattern. Catastrophes like the forest fire in Colorado that has expelled 32,000 people from their homes are […]

Juan Cole

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Letter to President Obama on Yemen:  More Aid, Fewer Drones, Please

Letter to President Obama on Yemen: More Aid, Fewer Drones, Please

The Atlantic Council and The Project on Middle East Democracy are worried about the drift in Obama administration policy on Yemen, about the lack of […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Reasons the ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t Work for Romney

Top Ten Reasons the ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t Work for Romney

The Republican Party is trying out a “who lost Egypt” line of attack against President Barack Obama, in the wake of the victory in the […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Reasons ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t work for Romney

Top Ten Reasons ‘Obama lost Egypt’ Meme won’t work for Romney

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Video of the Day: The Nile Crocodile v. Wildebeest

Video of the Day: The Nile Crocodile v. Wildebeest

Part of a National Geographic segment on the Nile crocodile and its prey:

Juan Cole

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