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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Community Groups and Activists pivot to Mutual Aid amid ongoing Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

Community Groups and Activists pivot to Mutual Aid amid ongoing Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

By Sara Herschander | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – After major flooding last week and years of infrastructural neglect, 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi […]

Waging Nonviolence

Environmentalism
The most cost-effective energy efficiency Investments you can make – and how the new Inflation Reduction Act could help

The most cost-effective energy efficiency Investments you can make – and how the new Inflation Reduction Act could help

By Jasmina Burek, UMass Lowell | – Energy efficiency can save homeowners and renters hundreds of dollars a year, and the new Inflation Reduction Act […]

The Conversation

Books
Of Course there were Africans in Middle Earth, Just as there Were in Medieval England

Of Course there were Africans in Middle Earth, Just as there Were in Medieval England

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American white nationalism has attempted to appropriate certain cultures, times and places as quintessentially “white,” and so it is no […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Biden Reaffirms Dreamers’ DACA Migrant youth Protections, but when will they be Legislated?

Biden Reaffirms Dreamers’ DACA Migrant youth Protections, but when will they be Legislated?

By Tristan Richards | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The Biden administration reaffirmed its commitment last Tuesday to DACA, officially posting regulations to […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Tunisia
President Saied Derides the Economic and Social Rights of Tunisian Women

President Saied Derides the Economic and Social Rights of Tunisian Women

By Kenza Ben Azouz, Middle East and North Africa Division | – Published in: Nawaat ( Human Rights Watch) – President Kais Said marked National […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Why Desalination is Key to averting global Water Shortage, but Will Take a Lot of Work

Why Desalination is Key to averting global Water Shortage, but Will Take a Lot of Work

Kiran Tota-Maharaj, Aston University | – Clean freshwater is critical for sustaining human life. However, 1.1 billion people lack access to it worldwide. Desalination represents […]

The Conversation

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Now Israel is Occupying the Hearts of Lovers in the Palestinian West Bank

Now Israel is Occupying the Hearts of Lovers in the Palestinian West Bank

Update: Once the proposed policy got some publicity, Israeli authorities canceled the requirement that anyone who falls in love with a Palestinian in the West […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How election-denying GOP Governors could tilt the 2024 presidential Election

How election-denying GOP Governors could tilt the 2024 presidential Election

By Kira Lerner | – ( Minnesota Reformer) – WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN – Former President Donald Trump listens as Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels speaks […]

Minnesota Reformer

Islam
In Turkey, Arrest of Pop Singer for Offending Clerics Prompts Fears of Turn to Fundamentalist Government

In Turkey, Arrest of Pop Singer for Offending Clerics Prompts Fears of Turn to Fundamentalist Government

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – Police in Turkey have arrested pop singer Gülşen (full name Gülşen Colakoglu), 46, pending trial, over a comment she made […]

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