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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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Where has all the Water Gone?  How Climate Change and Soaring Water Demand are Drying out the Southwest (deBuys)

Where has all the Water Gone? How Climate Change and Soaring Water Demand are Drying out the Southwest (deBuys)

William deBuys writes at Tomdispatch.com: Several miles from Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon, Arizona, April 2013 — Down here, at the bottom of the continent’s most […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Lest we Forget that Manning was Tortured before being Found not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy (America’s Bouazizi)

Lest we Forget that Manning was Tortured before being Found not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy (America’s Bouazizi)

Breaking news: Firedog Lake reports that Bradley Manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy, a blow against the Obama administration’s repeated attempts […]

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US politics
The 400:  What they don't want us to know about growing wealth inequality in America

The 400: What they don’t want us to know about growing wealth inequality in America

Presdident Obama’s speech last week on the threat of growing income inequality in the US was generally blown off by the corporate media. The problem […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Why US Media will focus on Pope's 'Gay' Remarks but Ignore those on the Poor, Amazon Environment

Why US Media will focus on Pope’s ‘Gay’ Remarks but Ignore those on the Poor, Amazon Environment

Pope Francis comes across in the media as a person who cares for others, and his genial personality, it seems to me, allows him to […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Kenya is blessed with a great deal of hydroelectric power, but its electricity needs outstrip that source’s ability to supply them, a problem that will […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia:  Extremists Kill 9 Troops, Defiant Gov't Sets Dec. 17 Elections

Tunisia: Extremists Kill 9 Troops, Defiant Gov’t Sets Dec. 17 Elections

After days of demonstrations and turmoil, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addressed the public in Tunisia on Monday. Despite calls that he resign in favor of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Backlash against Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Call for foreign Intervention in Egypt

Egyptian Backlash against Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Call for foreign Intervention in Egypt

Maverick Muslim ‘televangelist’ Yusuf Qaradawi has provoked fury in many quarters of Egypt with his recent fatwas and statements on that country. Qaradawi is an […]

Juan Cole

Libya
All Hell Breaks Loose in Libya

All Hell Breaks Loose in Libya

Over the weekend, all hell broke loose in Libya, in worrying ways that suggest that the government is entering new depths of paralysis and incompetence, […]

Juan Cole

social media
Twitter Sexist Bullying:  The Criado-Perez Case (Channel 4 Video)

Twitter Sexist Bullying: The Criado-Perez Case (Channel 4 Video)

“She led the successful campaign to put a woman’s image on the [British] £10 note – but feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez has found herself the […]

Juan Cole

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