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Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love
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Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love

Janelle Carlson

The federal government has threatened to starve Minnesota by cutting off SNAP, WIC and other USDA funded programs as retribution.

Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres

Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres

01/17/2026 By Human Rights Watch

The Saudi-UAE Bust-Up over Yemen reflects Rift over Vision for Region

The Saudi-UAE Bust-Up over Yemen reflects Rift over Vision for Region

01/17/2026 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Undoing Lex Luthor

Undoing Lex Luthor

The red increase in job loss is the climax of Republican White House control. The blue decrease in job loss is Obama and the Democrats. […]

Juan Cole

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Reading cuts stress levels by 68%

Reading cuts stress levels by 68%

Reading cuts stress levels by 68% | Health news | Marie Claire Well now we’ve solved the difference in approach to the world of Barack […]

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40-Day Mourning Sessions targeted by Sunni Radicals in Karbala, Karachi

40-Day Mourning Sessions targeted by Sunni Radicals in Karbala, Karachi

The 40th day mourning ceremonies after the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad) in 680 CE was marred […]

Juan Cole

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Informed Comment Poll: Should US Troops be in Pakistan?

Informed Comment Poll: Should US Troops be in Pakistan?

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Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq’s Oil Ever Flow? | TomDispatch

Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq’s Oil Ever Flow? | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq's Oil Ever Flow? | TomDispatch Sociologist Michael Schwartz, a sharp Iraq-watcher and author of a provocative book on the Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki Gov't Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament

Al-Maliki Gov’t Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament

Iraqi politics and the conduct of the March 7 elections has been thrown into turmoil by the reversal on Wednesday by a judicial appeals panel […]

Juan Cole

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Sophisticated Taliban Bombing, Deaths of 3 US Troops, Embarrasses Zardari Government by Revealing US Troop Presence on Ground in Pakistan

Sophisticated Taliban Bombing, Deaths of 3 US Troops, Embarrasses Zardari Government by Revealing US Troop Presence on Ground in Pakistan

The fragile Pakistani government of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Asaf Ali Zardari was deeply embarrassed Wednesday when a massive bombing killed 3 […]

Juan Cole

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Was US-Iran rivalry Driving the Exclusion of Candidates in Iraq? Was Allawi the Target?

Was US-Iran rivalry Driving the Exclusion of Candidates in Iraq? Was Allawi the Target?

I am going to speculate a little today, but I am hoping it is informed speculation. I think an end-game drama is playing out in […]

Juan Cole

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Could Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Could Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins?

Could Thomas Jefferson's DNA Trail Reveal Middle-Eastern Origins? Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the Jefferson clan in the British Isles may have descended from […]

Juan Cole

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