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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
Climate Crisis

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

02/04/2026 By Liz Theoharis

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

02/04/2026 By The Conversation

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Stewart Nails Hannity Lying (Same as ‘Stewart Nails Hannity Breathing’)

Stewart Nails Hannity Lying (Same as ‘Stewart Nails Hannity Breathing’)

Jon Stewart nails Sean Hannity for dishonestly showing only part of an Obama clip and distorting its meaning. (At 5:30 in). Actually, I think the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghans Demonstrate Against US Quran-Burning That Never Happened

Afghans Demonstrate Against US Quran-Burning That Never Happened

Saturday witnessed a second wave of demonstrations against the threats by small American fundamentalist churches (especially the Dove Outreach group of some 50 in Gainesville, […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Top Ways 9/11 Broke Islamic Law

Top Ways 9/11 Broke Islamic Law

On the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it is clear that al-Qaeda was a tiny fringe terrorist movement, not a globe-straddling threat to […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Stories More Important than Quran-Burning Nut Job

Top Stories More Important than Quran-Burning Nut Job

The horrible era of anti-Muslim bigotry in the United States yielded a one-day silly season on Thursday, covered wall-to-wall by the US cable news channels. […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
The Invisible Deluge in Pakistan (Cole in Tomdispatch)

The Invisible Deluge in Pakistan (Cole in Tomdispatch)

My essay on the strange near-invisibility of the world-historical Great Deluge in Pakistan during the past month is out at Tomdispatch.com (click here). Excerpt: ‘ […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
They used to Burn Catholic Churches, now they Burn Mosques

They used to Burn Catholic Churches, now they Burn Mosques

The hysteria about mosques in the United States is nothing new in our history. Even though the United States was founded by a ragtag series […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 Americans, Wounds 9

Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 Americans, Wounds 9

The killing of two American servicemen and the wounding of 9 others by a Kurdish member of Iraqi special operations unit on Tuesday at Tuz […]

Juan Cole

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Hellegers: American Income Inequality is the Cause of our Crisis

Hellegers: American Income Inequality is the Cause of our Crisis

Plutarch, writing almost 2,000 years ago, told us that “an imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
'Burn the Qur'an Day' Endangers US Troops: Petraeus

‘Burn the Qur’an Day’ Endangers US Troops: Petraeus

Every day for the past few days there have been demonstrations in Afghanistan against the scheme of the Christian fundamentalist Dove World Outreach Center in […]

Juan Cole

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