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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East
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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East

Juan Cole

I was welcomed onto David Lin’s Podcast, “The David Lin Report” to talk about Gaza, the Middle East and the US-China rivalry. Embedded video and […]

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Drought, Sand Storms and Evacuations: how Iran’s Climate Crisis gets Ignored

Drought, Sand Storms and Evacuations: how Iran’s Climate Crisis gets Ignored

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Victims Without Victimizers: How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Sunday the NYT revealed that Trump’s staff ran his May, 2016 speech on “America First” by Saudi Arabia and […]

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As the Far Right goes Global, so do Bills trying to Outlaw boycott of Israel

As the Far Right goes Global, so do Bills trying to Outlaw boycott of Israel

By Rachel Hodes | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – An increasingly global campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest […]

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( Tomdispatch.com ) – Could Donald Trump end the Afghan war someday? I don’t know if such a possibility has been on your mind, but […]

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Bernie Sanders would ‘Absolutely’ cut Military Aid to Israel to get Two-State Solution

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10 Poorest States in US to have voted for Trump are Poorer than Baltimore

*The wording of this piece has been slightly revised and two links added. Trump has been throwing shade on Baltimore. But he constantly praises himself […]

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Taking Focus off Wage Stagnation: How Trump’s Stoking of Racial Divide Harms the White Working Class

By Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey and Eric Hoyt | – Many white men say they feel threatened by the increasing presence and success of minorities in […]

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Trump's Racism is Reducing our News Anchors to Tears: CNN's Victor Blackwell Pushes Back over Baltimore "Infestation"

Trump’s Racism is Reducing our News Anchors to Tears: CNN’s Victor Blackwell Pushes Back over Baltimore “Infestation”

CNN | Video Clip | – “CNN’s Victor Blackwell became emotional while responding to President Donald Trump’s tweets calling Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-MD) district a […]

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US Homeland Security could return Syrian Refugees in US to Violence, Arrest, Torture under al-Assad

US Homeland Security could return Syrian Refugees in US to Violence, Arrest, Torture under al-Assad

Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – The US should renew its grant of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to almost 7,000 Syrians living in the United […]

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Europe, are you Crazy?  As a Continent Melts, New Coal Plants Planned and Permitting Blocks Wind Farms

Europe, are you Crazy? As a Continent Melts, New Coal Plants Planned and Permitting Blocks Wind Farms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The heat wave that has swept Europe and given Paris the weather of Madras is certainly embroiled in human-caused climate […]

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