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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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Qaddafi Son Incites Massacre of Protesters

Qaddafi Son Incites Massacre of Protesters

Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the besieged dictator, has been caught on a smart phone video whipping up a crowd of ‘police’ and other supporters […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Kusha: Iran vs. Egypt: Qualitative Differences in Capabilities

Kusha: Iran vs. Egypt: Qualitative Differences in Capabilities

Kusha Sefat writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: In delineating the differences and similarities between the recent Egyptian uprising and the one that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The World Oil Politics of the Libyan Revolt

The World Oil Politics of the Libyan Revolt

The question of what comes after Qaddafi became more complicated on Sunday, as rival claims to forming a provisional liberated government emerged. Former Justice Minister […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Rudolph: Can You Pass The Saudi Arabia Quiz?

Rudolph: Can You Pass The Saudi Arabia Quiz?

Jeffrey Rudolph writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Saudi Arabia, an Islamic absolute monarchy, has enjoyed extremely close relations with the United States, […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Top Pieces of Unfinished Business in the Mideast

Top Pieces of Unfinished Business in the Mideast

1. Some 6000 protesters marched in Jordan on Friday. They said they wanted to transform the Jordanian monarchy into a European-style, constitutional monarchy and to […]

Juan Cole

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Popular Army to March on Tripoli, as Qaddafi Massacres Protesters

Popular Army to March on Tripoli, as Qaddafi Massacres Protesters

Aljazeeera Arabic is reporting that Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi has lost control of much of Tripoli and really only dominates the area of the capital […]

Juan Cole

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Qaddafi invokes Phony Al-Qaeda Threat as he Massacres Protesters

Qaddafi invokes Phony Al-Qaeda Threat as he Massacres Protesters

Muammar Qaddafi continued to be little more on Thursday than the mayor of Tripoli, but he bared his fangs with murderous attacks on protesters in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Clueless in the District of Columbia (Engelhardt)

Clueless in the District of Columbia (Engelhardt)

I was thinking that in light of the labor and youth revolutions of 2011, Washington’s focus on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past […]

Juan Cole

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90% of Libya in Rebel Hands

90% of Libya in Rebel Hands

The LAT reports that the rebellion against Muammar Qaddafi’s 41-year dictatorship in Libya headed toward an end-game on Wednesday, as Misurata, the country’s third-largest city […]

Juan Cole

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