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| Juan Cole is a prominent scholar, author, blogger, and one of the best known commentators and experts on Middle Eastern history and politics.
He is the Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Dr. Cole is one of the favorite scholars among the left-wing and progressives in America for his critical views of the Bush era, and the U.S. imperialistic ventures in the Middle East. He has previously testified before the U.S. Senate and continues to engage actively in politics through his blog, and by attending different political conferences and events. Juan Cole is also fluent in Persian, Urdu, and Arabic.
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| …that many Southern states avoided integration for years after Brown v. Board of Education using tactics such as closing school systems and funneling state money to segregated "private" schools?
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| …that tidal power is a form of hydropower that exploits the rise and fall in sea levels due to tides in order to generate electricity?
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| …that many countries which signed the Kyoto Protocol actually increased the greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to the treaty?
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus urges the President to act on immigration reform. Read about the principles the CPC wants included in comprehensive immigration reform.
The conventional wisdom among the pundits and chattering class is that the political upheaval we're seeing is either about Democrats or it's about incumbents. But if you look at the patterns of who's doing well and who's not, a different theme emerges: politicians who put corporate interests above populist ones are in deep trouble.
Organized labor, MoveOn.org and progressive members of Congress are increasingly breaking from the orbit of the White House and the Democratic establishment, beginning to take on the administration, build an independent infrastructure and back progressive primary challengers.
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