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Useful Enemies

Christopher de Bellaigue The Guardian
This book examines the influence Islam had on European political thought between the 15th to the 18th centuries, as well as the complex relations between the Ottoman Empire and emergent modern Europe during that era.

A Modi Victory Puts India’s 200 Million Muslims in Danger

Ruchira Gupta The Nation
The Hindu nationalist party ran a hate-filled campaign and now seems poised to return to power with a terrifying mandate. Update: Thursday May 23: The results from Thursday's elections did show an overwhelming victory for Narendra Modi's BJP Party.

My Pentagon Regret

James Carroll TomDispatch
As the U.S. Rattles Its Sabers at Tehran, Echoes of Sabers Past

The Future of Jobs

Stephen Greenhouse The American Prospect
Round 2: This article explores some different means of raising wages for precarious workers.

Unions, States Confront Trump Home Care Worker Rule

Sophie Quinton Pew Research Center
The rule is "a blatant political attack on a group of workers that are 90% women and majority people of color,” said April Verrett, president of SEIU Local 2015, which represents some 380,000 California home care and nursing home workers.