The demonstrations, sparked by economic distress and anger at Iran’s clerical rulers, were met with a sweeping crackdown that activists say has killed thousands.
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Nik Popli,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
Instead, the terms of the social contract between rulers and ruled needs to be made explicit.
Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.
There is so much energy in Falk’s writing that the reader can feel tensions in the city as officials, some working secretly with the bosses, try to stop the cigar factory women from organizing, call them Communists and demean them for being Polish.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
This is a very special week to pitch ideas to bosses or powerful figures.
With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom —drawing in the ruthless kings of other Scandinavian countries and even a powerful English ruler — the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling, and utterly magical new Norse saga.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently questioned whether Americans know the difference between presidents and kings.
Local police chiefs have criticized the tactics employed by federal agents and accused agents of racially profiling off-duty police officers.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
Besides Han, Yoon’s defense, safety and justice ministers, spy and police chiefs as well as some of his top military commanders have been indicted on rebellion and other charges related to the martial law imposition.
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