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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Obama: More Aid, Troops for Afghanistan; Stewart: Don't Put in More Troops

Obama: More Aid, Troops for Afghanistan; Stewart: Don’t Put in More Troops

President-Elect Barack Obama talked to Afghan President Hamid Karzai by telephone on Saturday. Late that day, Karzai’s office issued a statement about the conversation: ‘ […]

Juan Cole

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Wertheim: There is Racism and There is Racism II

Wertheim: There is Racism and There is Racism II

Anne-Ruth Wertheim writes in a guest op-ed for IC: After I wrote my article “There is Racism and There is Racism’’, I received quite a […]

Juan Cole

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Bush and Rant on Red Sea Piracy

Bush and Rant on Red Sea Piracy

Piracy by Somali pirates in the Red Sea region threatens to reduce world trade through the Suez Canal by about a third, and could raise […]

Juan Cole

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SOFA Vote Set for Wednesday;

SOFA Vote Set for Wednesday;

The Iraqi parliament has postponed its vote on the proposed US-Iraq security pact from Monday to Wednesday. MPs had complained that there were not given […]

Juan Cole

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Wertheim: There is Racism and There is Racism-I

Wertheim: There is Racism and There is Racism-I

A new kind of racism is gradually emerging in the Netherlands. Not the classical contempt for others, but a cultural racism of distrust and fear. […]

Juan Cole

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Sevilla: Survivor Corps Supports Returning Troops and their Families!

Sevilla: Survivor Corps Supports Returning Troops and their Families!

Dani Sevilla writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Within the United States there are over one and a half million service members that have […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Demonstrate Against US Security Pact; MPs Said to Receive Death Threats

Thousands Demonstrate Against US Security Pact; MPs Said to Receive Death Threats

McClatchy reports that tens of thousands of protesters came out against the US-Iraqi security agreement on Friday, mainly Shiites of the Sadr Movement. Parliamentarians who […]

Juan Cole

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Afghanistan: Green Energy?

Afghanistan: Green Energy?

The US is helping put wind turbines into the Panjshir Valley to help Afghanistan with alternative energy. Aljazeera English asks if it is really working, […]

Juan Cole

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Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization

Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization

Check out the video: Iran, Seven Faces of a Civilization. ‘Beyond the gate of time lies a civilization with seven thousand years of celebrated heritage. […]

Juan Cole

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