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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Training for post-election violence scenarios

By Stephanie Van Hook | – A conversation with Eli McCarthy of DC Peace Team, a group of nonviolence trainers preparing people to defend democracy […]

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A history of contested presidential elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore

A history of contested presidential elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore

By Robert Speel | – No matter the outcome of the presidential election, it seems likely that Democrats and Republicans will end up in court. […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
How will the US election Change the Mideast?

How will the US election Change the Mideast?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If Joe Biden wins the presidency and the Democrats sweep to power in both houses of Congress, it will have […]

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Make This Election About Health Care

By Elaine Shelly | – (Otherwords.org ) – There should only be one America: one where we all get the best care and the widest […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Sold out Workers like Me

Trump Sold out Workers like Me

By Robert Morrison | – ( Inequality.org) – When I attended President Trump’s October 13 rally in Des Moines, I was disgusted by the lies […]

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Displaced and Refugees
In Turkey, life for Syrian refugees and Kurds is becoming increasingly violent

In Turkey, life for Syrian refugees and Kurds is becoming increasingly violent

By Yasin Duman | – A spate of attacks in Turkey on Syrian refugees and Kurdish internal migrants and displaced people in recent months have […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Top 5 Ways Trump Failed you too Epically ever to be Reelected

Top 5 Ways Trump Failed you too Epically ever to be Reelected

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. Environment. This is the biggest single issue. Trump is a real-life world-destroying Thanos from the Avengers, and is trying […]

Juan Cole

Congress
What if the outcome of the Presidential Election is Disputed?  A Constitutional Scholar explains the Murk

What if the outcome of the Presidential Election is Disputed? A Constitutional Scholar explains the Murk

By Richard Pildes | – As I’ve Zoom-traveled the country speaking about legal issues involving the election, I have found myself, as well as audiences, […]

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Has American History Bent toward Racism and the Southern Strategy, from Nixon to Trump?

Has American History Bent toward Racism and the Southern Strategy, from Nixon to Trump?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was summer almost half a century ago when I got into that Volkswagen van and began my trip across country […]

Tom Engelhardt

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