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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average
Climate Crisis

Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average

Juan Cole

2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020

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At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

12/08/2025 By The Conversation

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

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FCC Plots Murder of Blogs on Behalf of Billionaire Media Lords

FCC Plots Murder of Blogs on Behalf of Billionaire Media Lords

Breaking: FCC Will Announce the Death of Net Neutrality Tomorrow (via Americans Against The Tea Party) If you thought corporations played a big role in […]

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Crime
GOP:  Giving CDC money to study Gun Violence would be "Funding Propaganda"

GOP: Giving CDC money to study Gun Violence would be “Funding Propaganda”

(By Lois Beckett via ProPublica). After the Sandy Hook school shooting, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) was one of a few congressional Republicans who expressed a […]

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Afghanistan
Can Afghanistan's Vibrant Democratic Press Survive?

Can Afghanistan’s Vibrant Democratic Press Survive?

(By Olof Blomqvist) The presidential election has shown Afghanistan’s increasingly mature media scene at its best – hopefully not for the last time. Afghanistan’s vibrant […]

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Politics
IRS Targeted Liberal Groups More Than Tea Party: Newly Released Records

IRS Targeted Liberal Groups More Than Tea Party: Newly Released Records

Think Progress obtained a series of IRS documents via the Freedom of Information Act that contradict Republican claims that the IRS targeted only conservative Tea Party groups for scrutiny because of their political beliefs. The 22 “Be On the Look…

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Featured
Israel, US Complain about not being able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

Israel, US Complain about not being able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

(By Juan Cole) This week the Fateh Party (secular Arab nationalist) of Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas met in Gaza with members of the Hamas Party […]

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Israel
The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors

The New York Times Criticized for Submitting to Israeli Censors

(By Sarah Lazare) The New York Times made a rare admission that it submits to Israeli state gag orders, fueling charges from critics that the […]

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Environment
This Saudi prince is accused of killing 2,000 endangered birds while on safari in Pakistan

This Saudi prince is accused of killing 2,000 endangered birds while on safari in Pakistan

Jeez. Happy Earth Day. A Saudi prince has been accused of killing 2,000 endangered birds during a safari in Pakistan earlier this year. More from GlobalPost: These cities are among the greenest in the world The birds, known as houbara bustards, are…

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Economy
Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent

Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent

The evidence of income inequality just keeps mounting. According to “Working for the Few,” a recent briefing paper from Oxfam, “In the US, the wealthiest one percent captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom…

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Dissent
The Limits of 'Protest Tourism' in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank

The Limits of ‘Protest Tourism’ in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank

(By “Jill Saunders”) “Jill Saunders”, a pseudonym, frequently attends the weekly demonstrations in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh. In this reflective piece, “Jill” questions […]

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