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State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt
Climate Crisis

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

08/17/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

08/17/2025 By The Conversation

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Baghdad Mayor: US Tanks Run Amok and There’ll Never be a Street Named for Bush in Baghdad

Baghdad Mayor: US Tanks Run Amok and There’ll Never be a Street Named for Bush in Baghdad

The USG Open Source Center translates a recent interview with Baghdad mayor Sabir al-Isawi in a Czech newspaper. The mayor 1) denies that the US […]

Juan Cole

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Truck Bomb Caught on Tape

Truck Bomb Caught on Tape

Aljazeera English shows and analyzes a just-released security tape from the Marriott in Islamabad, showing the bomb-laden truck ramming the security perimeter. There were two […]

Juan Cole

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Islamabad Bombing puts Pressure on US-Pakistan Ties

Islamabad Bombing puts Pressure on US-Pakistan Ties

Bloomberg argues that Saturday’s bombing of the Marriott in Islamabad will likely put pressure on US/ Pakistani relations. The bombing was a clear signal from […]

Juan Cole

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German Left Stands up to anti-Muslim Fascists; Clashes in Cologne

German Left Stands up to anti-Muslim Fascists; Clashes in Cologne

3,000 progressives in Cologne clashed Saturday with far rightwing protesters trying to stop the building of a mosque. There are about 3.3 million Muslims in […]

Juan Cole

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40 Killed in Massive Bombing of Marriott in Islamabad

40 Killed in Massive Bombing of Marriott in Islamabad

Guerrillas in Pakistan set off an enormous bomb blast at the Marriott in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad Saturday morning EDT. It left a 30 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni Baghdad Dark on Satellite; Kagan Proved Wrong Again

Sunni Baghdad Dark on Satellite; Kagan Proved Wrong Again

Fred Kagan has once more been proved wrong. He called the ethnic cleansing of Sunni Arabs in Baghdad a ‘myth.’ For all their arrogance and […]

Juan Cole

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Crowds Protest US in Tikrit after Airstrike Kills Family of 8; Sistani Site Hacked

Crowds Protest US in Tikrit after Airstrike Kills Family of 8; Sistani Site Hacked

US troops targeting a Sunni Arab guerrilla appear instead to have killed an Iraqi family of 8 in a town 70 mi. north of Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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McCain: Deregulate Health Care just Like Banking!

McCain: Deregulate Health Care just Like Banking!

H t Josh Marshall: John McCain: “Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Censored, Distorted in US Media

Ahmadinejad Censored, Distorted in US Media

60 Minutes Interviewed Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad a couple of years ago. They cut some key passages out of the interview. I’ve made the same […]

Juan Cole

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