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Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals
Donald Trump

Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals

Juan Cole

Ironically, the strike was fully supported by the Muslim president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated

12/27/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

The Real Threat: U.S. Spending to Combat Climate Change has been Swallowed by the Pentagon

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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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Asia
Top 5 Reasons Solar Energy will Save the World

Top 5 Reasons Solar Energy will Save the World

(By Juan Cole) 1. The research and development monies now going into solar energy are great enough to fuel innovation and bring down prices rapidly. […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
A War of another Kind:  Joint US-Yemeni Strikes on al-Qaeda kill 68

A War of another Kind: Joint US-Yemeni Strikes on al-Qaeda kill 68

(via AFP) Dozens killed as Yemen, US mount air war on Qaeda (via AFP) An “unprecedented” US and Yemeni aerial campaign in Yemen killed at […]

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Economy
High Inequality Results in More US Deaths than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined

High Inequality Results in More US Deaths than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined

In 2009, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a study that revealed what seems to be a shocking truth: those who live in societies with a higher level of income inequality are at a greater risk for premature death. Here in the United States,…

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Books
The Romantics and the Orient: What English Poetry owes to the Middle East

The Romantics and the Orient: What English Poetry owes to the Middle East

(By Samar Attar) Many times I have asked myself how can I concentrate on the British Romantic Poets when people in Syria, the country of […]

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