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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran

Mohammad Eslami

Netanyahu traveled to Florida for an extended meeting with President Donald Trump, and the conversation focused heavily on Iran

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“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

12/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

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World-Renowned Historian Natalie Zemon Davis Pleads Case of Steven Salaita with U-Illinois

World-Renowned Historian Natalie Zemon Davis Pleads Case of Steven Salaita with U-Illinois

Natalie Zemon Davis , among our most distinguished living historians and past president of the American Historical Association, has written a heartfelt appeal to Chancellor […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Obama, al-Assad and ISIL update FB Status:  It's Complicated

Obama, al-Assad and ISIL update FB Status: It’s Complicated

AJ+ AJ+ Will The US Bomb IS Group (AKA ISIS) In Syria?

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ISIS:  How to Defeat a Phony "Caliphate"

ISIS: How to Defeat a Phony “Caliphate”

By John Esposito via Huffington Post Containing and ultimately defeating ISIS will require both short and long-term response. ISIS expansion has been made possible by […]

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US Public Worried about ISIL, Putin-- But Climate Change is Real Challenge

US Public Worried about ISIL, Putin– But Climate Change is Real Challenge

By Juan Cole In a new Pew/ USA Today poll, the American public shows itself alarmed by the rise of the so-called Islamic State of […]

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US Open round-up: Stan Wawrinka tells fan to ‘shut up’ en route to third round

US Open round-up: Stan Wawrinka tells fan to ‘shut up’ en route to third round

In the heat of the moment, locked in a suddenly tight match after midnight at Flushing Meadows, Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka snapped at a […]

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Not the Onion:  Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi

Not the Onion: Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi

CBS New York buries the lead: “A 9-year-old New Jersey girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use […]

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Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he'll Enrich them at our Expense

Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he’ll Enrich them at our Expense

By Nicole Girard via Liberals Unite Mitch McConnell really does not care about our problems. The way he talks about the needs of average Americans, […]

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Apartheid
Israel War Aftermath:  Epidemic feared in Gaza sheltering centers as skin infections spread

Israel War Aftermath: Epidemic feared in Gaza sheltering centers as skin infections spread

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Displaced Gaza residents in sheltering centers are suffering from dangerous skin infections which could become a epidemic as a result of water […]

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Syrian Rebels welcome US Air strikes on ISIL Terrorists

Syrian Rebels welcome US Air strikes on ISIL Terrorists

By Juan Cole Ilaf reports that rebels in East Aleppo, Syria are deeply divided over the prospect of President Obama ordering US air strikes on […]

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