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Assaults on US Academic Freedom:  Acquiescence and Resistance
Academic Freedom

Assaults on US Academic Freedom: Acquiescence and Resistance

H. Scott Prosterman

Academic freedom siege in the US is under siege as never in our nation’s history

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Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

11/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

11/17/2025 By Tomdispatch

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The 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy's Speech

The 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy’s Speech

Notable quotes: “I hope that no American, considering the really critical issues facing this country, will waste his franchise by voting either for me or […]

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Your Obama Tax Cut

Your Obama Tax Cut

Calculate your Obama tax cut. “Barack Obama will cut taxes for over 95% of American families (even though more than half of American think he’ll […]

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Arctic Ice: Going, going . . . gone; Schweitzer on Energy in Denver

Arctic Ice: Going, going . . . gone; Schweitzer on Energy in Denver

BBC: Arctic ice is at a ‘tipping point’. Watch for yourself on google earth: “This animation in Google Earth shows satellite data of Arctic sea […]

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Pakistan Markets Roiled by End of Coalition Government

Pakistan Markets Roiled by End of Coalition Government

Pakistan has had to impose trading limits to stop the slide in its stock market coming off the end of the coalition government. Investors have […]

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Iraq
45 Dead, 79 Wounded in Wave of Violence; Bombing in Jalawla’ Raises Tensions with Baghdad

45 Dead, 79 Wounded in Wave of Violence; Bombing in Jalawla’ Raises Tensions with Baghdad

Why Iraq still matters to the presidential campaign,according to Mark Brunswick of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Violence erupted throughout central, eastern and northern Iraq on […]

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Iraq
Al-Maliki Insists US Troops be Out by 2011; Iraqi Christian Refugees at Risk

Al-Maliki Insists US Troops be Out by 2011; Iraqi Christian Refugees at Risk

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq insisted again Monday that all foreign troops must be out of Iraq by 2011 and that US troops in […]

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International Reaction to Biden

International Reaction to Biden

Iraqi politicians greeted the the selection of Joe Biden as the Democratic vice presidential candidate with dismay because they oppose his soft partition plan for […]

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Iraq
54 Killed in Bombings, attacks; Water Crisis; Fixing the Intelligence Around the Policy

54 Killed in Bombings, attacks; Water Crisis; Fixing the Intelligence Around the Policy

A suicide bomber attacked a celebration in Abu Ghraib late Sunday, killing at least 30 and wounding 42. The gathering was in honor of a […]

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FBI to Open Cases via Profiling; MI5: Don’t Bother

FBI to Open Cases via Profiling; MI5: Don’t Bother

Bush is trying to permanently widen FBI prerogatives in opening investigations of US citizens before leaving office. His new guidelines would allow an investigation to […]

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