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John Ricardo Irfan "Juan" Cole is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has written a weblog, Informed Comment (juancole.com). .. more
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Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
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Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
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The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Azerbaijan Launches Largest Wind Power Plant in Caucasus (240 MW)
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But instead of fighting over these subsidies every few years, we should enact Medicare for All. Here's what you should know.
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That discourse is driving the protests in Iran today.
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Since the October “ceasefire,” an average of five Palestinians have been killed every day.
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Hamas has an unfavourability rating of 63%, while Starmer's unfavourability rating was 74%.
Starmer did fare better in favourability, with 18% having a favourable view of him, compared to 5% for Hamas