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How many people has ICE maimed, killed or Disappeared in Minnesota?
Asian-Americans

How many people has ICE maimed, killed or Disappeared in Minnesota?

Janelle Carlson

Many of those detained are left without their medication which can lead to life-threatening complications

What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

02/05/2026 By The Conversation

The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

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No More Monsters on T.V.

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Democrats.com has taken up my call from last week for the television networks to avoid inviting commentary from politicians who are criminals of various sorts. […]

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US Military Admits it Killed 37 Civilians

US Military Admits it Killed 37 Civilians

The US military has admitted to having killed 37 civilians during an air raid on militants at Shah Wali Kot in Afghanistan last week. Afghan […]

Juan Cole

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Brother Sun

Brother Sun

Implementing solar power in the greater Mediterranean, with the Sahara generating Germany’s energy, may contribute to Middle East peace.

Juan Cole

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6000 Muslim Clerics Endorse Fatwa against terrorism

6000 Muslim Clerics Endorse Fatwa against terrorism

Some 6,000 Muslim clerics from around India have endorsed a formal legal ruling or fatwa condemning terrorism. There have been many such endorsements, as I […]

Juan Cole

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Palin Attacks Provoked Assassination Plots on Obamas

Palin Attacks Provoked Assassination Plots on Obamas

Unnamed Secret Service field officers have revealed to the press that Sarah Palin’s attacks on President-Elect Obama provoked numerous white supremecist assassination plots against him: […]

Juan Cole

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Ramadi Bombings Kill 8; Shiite Clerics Condemn Draft Security Agreement

Ramadi Bombings Kill 8; Shiite Clerics Condemn Draft Security Agreement

Two suicide bombers struck at a village near Ramadi in al-Anbar Province on Saturday, killing 8 and wounding 27. Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that officials […]

Juan Cole

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Obama and Iran

Obama and Iran

President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that “Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon, I believe is unacceptable. . . Iran’s support of terrorist organizations, I think […]

Juan Cole

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Rather on the Broken US News Industry

Rather on the Broken US News Industry

Dan Rather blames the decline of television news in the US on media consolidation and the corporate bottom line. Rather prescribes greater courage on the […]

Juan Cole

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Can Obama Get out of Iraq in 16 Months? Bombings Shake Baghdad

Can Obama Get out of Iraq in 16 Months? Bombings Shake Baghdad

The daily bombings in Baghdad that appear to signal a resurgence of the guerrilla movement continued on Thursday, with three bombings in the capital killing […]

Juan Cole

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