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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
Climate Crisis

All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

01/31/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

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Sarah Never Does Anything Wrong

Sarah Never Does Anything Wrong

Sarah Palin’s aides are claiming that the crosshairs marking the targeted Democratic candidates (including Gabrielle Giffords) on her infamous poster (scroll down) were not crosshairs […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Death of Pakistani Secularism Much Exaggerated

Death of Pakistani Secularism Much Exaggerated

There has been a lot of hand-wringing about religious extremism in Pakistan in the wake of the assassination of Punjab governor Salman Taseer. On Sunday […]

Juan Cole

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White Terrorism

White Terrorism

Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged assassin of Federal judge John M. Roll and five others and attempted assassin of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), was clearly […]

Juan Cole

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DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Account of Wikileaks Volunteer and now Iceland MP

DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Account of Wikileaks Volunteer and now Iceland MP

The US Department of Justice has subpoenaed from Twitter the private emails of former Wikileaks activist Birgitt Jonsdottir, now a member of Iceland’s parliament. She […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Muslims Throng in Thousands to Protect Christians

Egyptian Muslims Throng in Thousands to Protect Christians

Thousands of Muslims honored a promise made by their leaders and showed up at Christmas Mass or at candlelight vigils outside Egyptian churches on Friday, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Today in Apartheid

Today in Apartheid

Israeli troops made an incursion into the Palestinian city of al-Khalil (which the Israelis call Hebron) and killed the wrong man, invading his apartment and […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Wikileaks: US Offered to Block anti-Whaling Protesters

Wikileaks: US Offered to Block anti-Whaling Protesters

Some environmentalists are arguing that whales and dolphins are so intelligent, social and self-aware that they deserve a special status, of non-human individuals with basic […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Wainwright:  Taseer’s Assassination Lays Bare Contradictions in Pakistani Islam

Wainwright: Taseer’s Assassination Lays Bare Contradictions in Pakistani Islam

Aadil Wainwright writes from Pakistan in a guest column for Informed Comment: The assassination of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer has laid bare a crucial debate […]

Juan Cole

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Iran’s Oily Revenge on US Drivers, US Troops

Iran’s Oily Revenge on US Drivers, US Troops

They’re baaaack. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is being chaired by Iran at the moment. And Iran thinks the run-up of the price […]

Juan Cole

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