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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

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Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

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Israel
Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians

Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians

Israel’s Peres says Netanyahu blocked 2011 peace deal (via AFP) Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a 2011 peace […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Rep. Paul Ryan targets Poor as his “Signature Issue”, and I do Mean Targets (Cartoon)

Rep. Paul Ryan targets Poor as his “Signature Issue”, and I do Mean Targets (Cartoon)

By Paul Jamiol, from Jamiol’s World

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Bill of Rights
Rep. Louie Gohmert: Constitution only fit for Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert: Constitution only fit for Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) recently asserted that the U.S. Constitution only applied to people “who cling to their God and their guns.” Speaking at a rally in Iowa for Republican Senate candidate Sam Clovis on Friday, Gohmert recalled that he had…

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Egypt
In Egypt, Industrial Scale Death Decrees

In Egypt, Industrial Scale Death Decrees

(By Amy Austin Holmes) A single judge in a single court in Egypt has sentenced more people to death this year than the total number […]

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Africa
Boko Haram and the Lord's Resistance Army: Hunted Children & the Problem of Fundamentalism in Africa

Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army: Hunted Children & the Problem of Fundamentalism in Africa

(By Juan Cole) The horrific story of the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from their school in Borno Province, northeastern Nigeria, by the Boko Haram […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
The Death Penalty in the United States (Infographic, plus John Oliver)

The Death Penalty in the United States (Infographic, plus John Oliver)

Death Penalty in the USA The Death Penalty in the USA. Produced from ArrestRecords.com —— Related video: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Death […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Apartheid is a reality in the West Bank

Apartheid is a reality in the West Bank

(By Glenn Robinson) America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State John Kerry, has found himself in a pickle for having used the word “apartheid” when describing […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
US Supreme Court: First Amendment is Only For Christians, Upholds State-Sponsored Prayer

US Supreme Court: First Amendment is Only For Christians, Upholds State-Sponsored Prayer

Welcome to the theocracy! Monday morning was a dark day for America. The Supreme Court set a frightening precedent in its finding that beginning legislative sessions with prayers does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.  As…

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Scientists Develop Coal-Killing Solar Cell Made From Tin

Scientists Develop Coal-Killing Solar Cell Made From Tin

Weren’t we just saying that perovskite solar cells are the next big thing? Well, make that tin perovskite solar cells. Tin perovskite solar cells are suddenly a thing this week, with not one but two major new research announcements coming out of the…

Juan Cole

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