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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

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How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

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Video on Syrian Gov't Torture Centers (Human Rights Watch)

Video on Syrian Gov’t Torture Centers (Human Rights Watch)

Syria’s torture centers, as revealed by Human Rights Watch:

Juan Cole

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Infosys Building planned for Kuwait

Infosys Building planned for Kuwait

Juan Cole

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States with Highest Religiosity most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest Religiosity most Opposed to Obamacare

I once read an article in a sociology of religion journal. Sociologists placed a person who seemed to have fallen off his bike, and was […]

Juan Cole

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Morsi and Brotherhood isolated vs. Military, Courts, Secularists

Morsi and Brotherhood isolated vs. Military, Courts, Secularists

The reaction to Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s call to reinstate the dissolved parliament was largely negative on Monday and Tuesday morning, except among supporters of […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Rick Perry:  Would Teddy Roosevelt have extended Medicaid to all? (Poster)

Dear Rick Perry: Would Teddy Roosevelt have extended Medicaid to all? (Poster)

Juan Cole

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States with Highest White Teen Births most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest White Teen Births most Opposed to Obamacare

[Some responses to this rather damning series have suggested that minority health statistics skew the averages. So in this map, we’ll just look at the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Morsi provokes Constitutional Crisis in Egypt by recalling Parliament

Morsi provokes Constitutional Crisis in Egypt by recalling Parliament

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi tried to steal third base on Sunday, announcing that he was calling back into session the dissolved Egyptian parliament. It would […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Surprises on Libya’s Election Day

Top Ten Surprises on Libya’s Election Day

Most Western reporting on Libya is colored by what is in my view a combination of extreme pessimism and sensationalism. It has been suggested that […]

Juan Cole

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States with Highest Infant Mortality Rates most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest Infant Mortality Rates most Opposed to Obamacare

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