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Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love
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Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love

Janelle Carlson

The federal government has threatened to starve Minnesota by cutting off SNAP, WIC and other USDA funded programs as retribution.

Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres

Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres

01/17/2026 By Human Rights Watch

The Saudi-UAE Bust-Up over Yemen reflects Rift over Vision for Region

The Saudi-UAE Bust-Up over Yemen reflects Rift over Vision for Region

01/17/2026 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Christianity
For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry

For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry

Muslim mystics such as Rumi, Attar and other Sufi writers often referred to Jesus as a symbol of spirituality and love.

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Trump Announces Plan to Break Up the Life-Saving National Center for Atmospheric Research

Trump Announces Plan to Break Up the Life-Saving National Center for Atmospheric Research

The center is one of the world’s premier institutions for studying the atmosphere. Its work has saved countless lives.

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Donald Trump
Can the American Dream Survive Trump until 2029?

Can the American Dream Survive Trump until 2029?

Trump has already demolished the fundamental geopolitics that have undergirded U.S. global hegemony for the past 80 years

Alfred W. McCoy

Climate Crisis
Global South is now 1/3 of major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust

Global South is now 1/3 of major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust

The adoption of electric vehicles has spread to the Global South and is no longer only a Chinese, European and American phenomenon.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
3 Narratives of Gaza: Trump’s Riviera, Palestinians’ Two-States, Israel’s Genocide

3 Narratives of Gaza: Trump’s Riviera, Palestinians’ Two-States, Israel’s Genocide

Only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide.

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi

“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi

Teebi’s efforts to come to terms with the failures and powers of language to narrate a Palestinian story that can stand for itself

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A California District Court hearing on was held on Wednesday, December 17, over an injunction sought by […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iran
“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

No. 30 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues the theme of bewilderment that we find ourselves, unasked, in […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

By Ligin Joseph, University of Southampton (The Conversation) – The final week of November was devastating for several South Asian countries. Communities in Sri Lanka, […]

The Conversation

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