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Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect
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Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect

Juan Cole

Puerto Ricans are subject to taxation without representation, which is against everything the Constitution otherwise stands for

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing  against Palestinians Escalate

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing against Palestinians Escalate

02/10/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

02/10/2026 By Juan Cole

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Climate Change
Global Warming could Uncork East Antarctic Ice Shelf, Leading to Massive Sea Rise

Global Warming could Uncork East Antarctic Ice Shelf, Leading to Massive Sea Rise

(By Andrea Germanos) A small amount of ice in the East Antarctic holding back an area of marine ice like a "cork" is at risk […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Nat'l Climate Assessment Says We’re in Trouble. This Chart Shows Why.

Nat’l Climate Assessment Says We’re in Trouble. This Chart Shows Why.

This animated chart from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences shows the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Note the spike? Measuring CO2 in parts per million (ppm), the chart shows, first, how the amount of the gas…

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Human Rights NGOs Call for Palestine to take Israel to International Criminal Court

Human Rights NGOs Call for Palestine to take Israel to International Criminal Court

(By Human Rights Watch) (Jerusalem) – Palestine should urgently seek access to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a group of 17 Palestinian and international human […]

Juan Cole

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Is Israeli PM Netanyahu's Case against Iran Collapsing?

Is Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Case against Iran Collapsing?

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has determinedly beaten the drums for war with Iran, though his lack of any actual overt action […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Dark Triad:  Right wing Conservatives far more likely to be Sociopaths

Dark Triad: Right wing Conservatives far more likely to be Sociopaths

PROOF! Conservatives and CEOs Really ARE Evil Psychopaths (via Americans Against The Tea Party) Have you ever wondered why today’s conservatives never seem make any […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Why the Super-Rich Should Pay Super Taxes

Why the Super-Rich Should Pay Super Taxes

(By Paul Buchheit) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, "It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally…It's a game we play…I see nothing wrong with playing […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Curious about the biggest trade deal in history? Sorry, it’s classified

Curious about the biggest trade deal in history? Sorry, it’s classified

BANGKOK — The Trans-Pacific Partnership sounds deadly boring. It’s not. The potential impact on humanity from this proposed mega-deal is impossible to measure. TPP could bankrupt families in Kansas and enrich them in Kuala Lumpur. Or make patented…

Juan Cole

Christians
Rush Limbaugh: Pope Francis using UN to impose Marxism on world

Rush Limbaugh: Pope Francis using UN to impose Marxism on world

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Friday attacked Pope Francis as a “Marxist” for urging governments to redistribute wealth to the poor. “The pope, ladies and gentleman, is back, saying — demanding — a legitimate redistribution of wealth…

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq: Fundamentalist Shiite MP can only keep Power with Sunni Support

Iraq: Fundamentalist Shiite MP can only keep Power with Sunni Support

(By Mustafa Habib in Baghdad via Niqash.org) The official results of Iraq’s general elections are unknown as yet. But current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will […]

Juan Cole

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