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Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time
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Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This month Brazil’s National Electric System Operator estimated that wind and solar are now producing nearly 40 percent of the […]

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Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

10/11/2025 By Human Rights Watch

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

10/11/2025 By The Conversation

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

Oftentimes, wives would lose the alimony they were rightfully entitled to

TeleSur

Democratic Socialism
Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump's Plutocrat Pretense

Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump’s Plutocrat Pretense

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Why does Donald Trump get a pass on speaking and acting obscenely but Rashida Tlaib is pilloried for calling him […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
How Corporate Monopolies and High Prices are Making you Poor and Rich Richer

How Corporate Monopolies and High Prices are Making you Poor and Rich Richer

The more industries monopolize, the wider the gap between our richest and everyone else.

Sam Pizzigati

Iran
What is Behind Iran's Anti-Corruption Protest Drive?

What is Behind Iran’s Anti-Corruption Protest Drive?

The Iranian people have found a way to expose poor governance such that the government itself cannot deny it.

Mina Yousefi

Kurds
How will Trump's Withdrawal from Syria Affect the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict?

How will Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria Affect the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict?

Territorial control is as the heart of Turkish-Kurdish negotiations

The Conversation

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Trump's Remark that Iranians 'Can do what they want' in Syria Mocked in Mideast

Trump’s Remark that Iranians ‘Can do what they want’ in Syria Mocked in Mideast

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Christian-owned Lebanese daily al-Nahar (The Day) mocked Trump’s remark this week that Iran can do whatever it wants in […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
A New Space Race? China First to Land on Far Side of Moon

A New Space Race? China First to Land on Far Side of Moon

The probe, Chang’e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed

The Conversation

Muslim-Americans
New Rep. Ilhan Omar vows to make the US live up to Religious Freedom

New Rep. Ilhan Omar vows to make the US live up to Religious Freedom

“We are going to make this country one that lives up to its ideals of inclusion, of religious liberty.”

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia
The Limits of Liberal Multiculturalism: Islamophobia and Bill Maher

The Limits of Liberal Multiculturalism: Islamophobia and Bill Maher

By Evelyn Alsultany | – ( Mizan) – On the October 3, 2014 episode of the HBO talk show Real Time with Bill Maher, the […]

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