[aggregation-styles] Common Dreams The skepticism expressed by some leading Democrats and the mainstream media regarding the U.S. assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani has been refreshing, after decades of bipartisan support for disastrous U.S. policies in the region. These critiques, not unreasonably, have acknowledged Suleiman’s nefarious role in advancing Iran’s...

[aggregation-styles] The Guardian  Yesterday was my dad’s 58th birthday. In 1979 he immigrated to the US from Tehran, in large part because of political upheaval seeded by the US in Iran. His only common language with other high schoolers in America was soccer. He once made his way to a...

[aggregation-styles] The New York Times  Subscription Americans would be wise to brace for war with Iran. Full-scale conflict is not a certainty, but the probability is higher than at any point in decades. Despite President Trump’s oft-professed desire to avoid war with Iran and withdraw from military entanglements in the...

[aggregation-styles] Quartz  US reaction to Iranian hostility has not always been proportional. When the country nationalized its oil industry in 1953—wresting control of it from Western petroleum companies—the United States orchestrated a coup, ousting the democratically elected Mohammad Mosaddegh. And on Thursday, following violent Iranian-organized protests outside the US embassy...

[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Make no mistake about it: The assassination of Qasem Soleimani, described by some as Iran’s second-most powerful man, will bring a major escalation of tensions between the United States and the Tehran regime. How Tehran will respond remains unclear. We can only hope that the...

[aggregation-styles] The Atlantic A charming, bright 5-year-old stands out in his classroom at Maurice Wollin elementary school, on Staten Island, as an extremely social, kind, and curious child. He remembers more about his peers—names, significant events, likes and dislikes—than almost any other kindergartner at his school does. But despite his...

[aggregation-styles] Haaretz That's how it goes when you're having fun. Time flies. Eight years ago, in 2012, the United Nations issued a report entitled "Gaza in 2020: A livable place?" The answer was contained in the body of the report - no. Not unless steps are taken to save it....

[aggregation-styles] San Francisco Chronicle California has a housing crisis — that much we all know — but we should not grow paralyzed by the idea that it’s politically or substantively insurmountable. Paris has turned around a comparable situation with remarkable speed. Though the French capital and its suburbs house less...

[aggregation-styles] The Intercept Listen to more from the Deconstructed podcast with Mehdi Hasan. It's been described as the worst human rights crisis in the world — the arbitrary detention in sprawling camps of a million or more Uighur Muslims in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province. The Chinese government has claimed that...

[aggregation-styles] Maven's Notebook Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through some standard of legally established priority. Water entitlements have been long-standing icons of local and regional industrial, economic, and political power. Over time, as water demands grew, but available supplies dwindled,...