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No, not that Green Day!

History Khirad - April 4, 2010 24

I. History of Nowruz Imagine it’s the fifth century before the Common Era, on a plain bejeweled with a magnificent palace complex and flowing gardens,...

Victims of High Expectations

Human Rights Khirad - March 3, 2010 18

February 1, 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's fourteen year exile was finally coming to an end. From Neauphle-le-Château where he had spent only a few...

Keeping the Fire Burning

Human Rights Khirad - February 10, 2010 36

The last month in Iran has been full of little clues and a few intrigues. I will try to pare them down. This update...

Iran president Ahmadinejad accepts nuclear deal terms

Iran KQµårk 死神 - February 3, 2010 59

OK how did our crack media outlets miss out on this story I found on BBC news? Like usual our media is obsessed with the...

Huffy Spin Machine

Afghanistan KQµårk 死神 - January 13, 2010 63

Huffy is doing it again. Any good news that does not fit their narrative must be instantly spun to the negative. Case in point a...

14 Easy Steps That The US Uses To Conduct War

Afghanistan KarateKid - January 9, 2010 7

As a veteran of one war, I can see similarities in how we are conducting this war. We're really doing nothing different that what...

New Blood

History Khirad - December 29, 2009 35

Ashura 1388 - December 27, 2009, begins over 1,300 years ago. During the three year reign of Yazid I (680-683 CE) of the Ummayad...

No Matter What Americans Say They Want a Leviathan in Charge

Afghanistan KQµårk 死神 - December 23, 2009 25

The American people still support the president's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan even if they do not support the war. My take...

A Nation’s Redemption Story

Human Rights Khirad - December 22, 2009 42

30 Azar 1388 - December 21, 2009. The epicenter of the clerical establishment of Iran, the city of Qom, about a hundred miles southwest...

It’s Time To Rethink Re-Instituting the Universal Draft

Afghanistan KarateKid - December 13, 2009 45

The military, for a number of years, had a draft. It was done away with in the 1970s and there has been an all...

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In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests

A single afternoon in court illustrated the new ways in which laws are being enforced after President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police. [...]

After Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back

President Trump said he was considering sending troops to cities like Chicago, New York and Baltimore. State and local leaders say they have crime under control. [...]

Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge

In its campaign of “uprooting the foot soldiers,” the Trump Justice Department has fired or demoted more than two dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors, even as those they sent to prison walk free. [...]

China Looms Large as South Korea’s President Meets With Trump

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States. [...]

Peace Talks in Ukraine All Lead to the Donbas

The contested region is where Russia’s war in Ukraine began a decade ago. Scores of Ukrainian soldiers have died defending it. Would Ukraine give it up now? [...]

Why the Donbas Is the Key to the Ukraine War

Talks of a cease-fire in Ukraine have centered on the Donbas, a valued region for both sides and where most of the fighting is taking place. Michael Schwirtz, a global intelligence correspondent, and Anatoly Kurmanaev, a foreign correspondent covering Russia, break down who the Donbas is important to and why. [...]

Zelensky Marks Ukraine’s Independence Day With Diplomacy in Kyiv and a Plea for Peace

The Ukrainian leader held talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and was set to meet with President Trump’s envoy, Keith Kellogg, amid continuing diplomatic efforts to end the war. [...]

As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis, exempt for decades from military service, are now being drafted. Their rage is dividing Israel and threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. [...]

Why Is Andrew Cuomo Still Running for Mayor? The Answer May Lie in 1977.

Mario Cuomo’s failed mayoral campaign was a training ground for his son Andrew, who would mount his own bid decades later. [...]

Calabasas Residents Learn Grim Lesson Amid Toxic Landfill Controversy

Calabasas residents thought it would be easy to keep wildfire ash from being trucked to their local landfill. They were wrong. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control

Quentin Sommerville follows volunteers carrying out evacuations in eastern Ukraine as drone attacks rage. [...]

Zelensky vows to continue fighting as Ukraine marks independence day

Russia said power and energy facilities had been targeted by Ukraine, which accused Russia of "spreading manipulations". [...]

Israel pounds Gaza City in preparation for planned offensive

Sixty-four people were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said. [...]

More than 500,000 ordered to evacuate as typhoon heads for Vietnam

Typhoon Kajiki is brushing past Hainan in China before heading for Vietnam, forecasters say. [...]

Three sisters drown in migrant boat in Mediterranean, rescuers say

There was "sheer horror" when survivors realised that the girls aged nine, 11 and 17 had died, a rescuer says. [...]

Israel hits Yemen's Houthis after reports group used cluster bomb

The strikes come after Israel said the Houthis used cluster munitions in a missile fired at Israel. [...]

Pentagon fires intelligence agency chief after Iran attack assessment

The firing comes just weeks after a White House rebuke of a leaked intelligence report assessing the impact of US strikes on Iran. [...]

North Korean leader oversees new missile test, state media says

Two new air defence missiles with "superior combat capability" have been fired in a test observed by Kim Jong Un. [...]

More than 30 jihadists killed in air strikes, Nigerian military says

Concern is mounting about "war-time levels of slaughter" in Nigeria, including a resurgence of jihadist activity. [...]

Turkish first lady appeals to Melania Trump over Gaza children

In a letter, Turkey's first lady asks Mrs Trump to appeal to Israel to end the war in Gaza. [...]

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No, not that Green Day!

Victims of High Expectations

Keeping the Fire Burning

Iran president Ahmadinejad accepts nuclear deal terms

Huffy Spin Machine

14 Easy Steps That The US Uses To Conduct War

New Blood

No Matter What Americans Say They Want a Leviathan in Charge

A Nation’s Redemption Story

It’s Time To Rethink Re-Instituting the Universal Draft

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