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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)
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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)

H. Patricia Hynes

Health inequalities cannot be eliminated without addressing the injustice that contribute to weathering – the physical toll

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

01/02/2026 By Common Dreams

Gaza:  Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

Gaza: Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

01/02/2026 By International Middle East Media Center

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Can Meditation Slow Ageing?  One Nobelist thinks So

Can Meditation Slow Ageing? One Nobelist thinks So

By Jo Marchant It’s seven in the morning on the beach in Santa Monica, California. The low sun glints off the waves and the clouds […]

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Apartheid
As Israeli Vigilantes pursue revenge killing of Palestinian Children, Troops Go on Unlawful Rampage

As Israeli Vigilantes pursue revenge killing of Palestinian Children, Troops Go on Unlawful Rampage

Via Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel’s military operations in the West Bank following the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers have amounted to […]

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Rumi on the Environment:  Behind the Beauty of the Moon is the Moon-Maker

Rumi on the Environment: Behind the Beauty of the Moon is the Moon-Maker

[For more of Rumi see 53 Secrets from the Tavern of Love: Poems from the Rubiayat of Mevlana Rumi -ed. ] By Aisha Abdelhamid Rumi: […]

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Barack Obama
As Hundreds of US Troops are Sent to Iraq, Fears of Mission Creep

As Hundreds of US Troops are Sent to Iraq, Fears of Mission Creep

By Lauren McCauley Lawmakers and anti-war groups raise flags about additional troop deployments and calls for executive "flexibility" As the number of American troops sent […]

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censorship
Can Tony Blair Mess up Egypt even Worse?

Can Tony Blair Mess up Egypt even Worse?

By Juan Cole Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to advise the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Blair maintains that he […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Juan's Interviews re: "The New Arabs," Majority Report, The World, Daily Beast

Juan’s Interviews re: “The New Arabs,” Majority Report, The World, Daily Beast

By Juan Cole Today is the anniversary of the overthrow of Muhammad Morsi in Egypt, one year ago. I have a detailed account of this […]

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Dissent
Not War on Poverty but War on the Poor:  Washington's Real Foreign Policy Aims

Not War on Poverty but War on the Poor: Washington’s Real Foreign Policy Aims

By Noam Chomsky via Tomdispatch The question of how foreign policy is determined is a crucial one in world affairs.  In these comments, I can […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israel's search for missing settlers shines light on depth of the West Bank’s occupation

Israel’s search for missing settlers shines light on depth of the West Bank’s occupation

By: Ola al-Tamimi Ramallah – What does the occupied West Bank look like 47 years into the occupation? The Palestinian state was about to be […]

Juan Cole

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Police: No Searching Journalists' Cellphones w/out a Warrant, Either (SCOTUS Decision)

Police: No Searching Journalists’ Cellphones w/out a Warrant, Either (SCOTUS Decision)

By Josh Stearns According to the Supreme Court, police need a warrant to search the cellphones of people they arrest. The unanimous decision, which was […]

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