America Is Complicit in Yemen’s Spiral Toward Mass Starvation
The war in Yemen is an American war, and Americans have Yemeni blood on their hands.
The Top 5 Most Horrible Things Trump Said in the Presidential Debate
The true horror lay in what the president had to say about the actual policy issues that were brought up in the first presidential debate of 2020.
Trump Gets History About as Much as He Understands Epidemics
Having crashed the economy and polished off tens of thousands of Americans with his irrational policies, Trump is now coming for American history.
Did America’s War on Terror Displace 37 Million People?
The Brown University Watson Institute Costs of War Project put out a report with the astounding figure. Here's what they got right and what they got wrong.
The U.S. Is Missing the Boat on a Green Recovery from Covid-19
Clean energy is a great way to bring the economy roaring back to life as soon as we get the novel coronavirus under control.
The Protests Against Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Are Only Getting Larger
Over the past three months, rallies against the embattled Israeli leader have been growing, and Saturday's rallies were the largest yet.
Covid-19 Is Giving Oil Companies a Taste of Another Looming Crisis
Big oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron have lost billions during the pandemic, but that's nothing compared to what's coming.
Trump Willing to Kill Hundreds of Thousands of Americans in Effort to Win Election
More and more of it will be his fault if he goes around the country staging 20,000-strong rallies, as he plans to start doing soon.
Fundamentalist Pandemics
A Tomgram: Juan Cole, Iran and the U.S., an irony of curious affinity.
Netanyahu Confident Trump Will Let Him Annex Vast Swathes of Palestinian Territory
Since Europe is weak and pusillanimous when it comes to dealing with Israeli aggression, or in some cases is simply perfidious, the issue has been left in the hands of…
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Juan Cole: The West Has Islam Dangerously Wrong
The University of Michigan professor and author explores our biggest misconceptions about the world's second-largest religion.
Juan Cole: Be Wary of Strongmen in the U.S. and Abroad
The history professor and editor of the blog Informed Comment talks about Islamophobia and foreign relations under President Trump.