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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Why Martin Luther King, Jr., would Support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Why Martin Luther King, Jr., would Support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, at 29, has become a lightning rod. She was recruited to run against a corporate […]

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Inequality
World’s 26 Richest Own Same as Poorest Half of Humanity: Oxfam

World’s 26 Richest Own Same as Poorest Half of Humanity: Oxfam

Piecemeal private services punish poor people and privilege elites

AFP

Syria
US has “No Plan” as Syria Pullout Proceeds: Ex-Envoy

US has “No Plan” as Syria Pullout Proceeds: Ex-Envoy

“It is increasing the risk to our people on the ground in Syria and will open up space for ISIS.”

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israel demolished 10% more Palestinian Structures in 2018: OCHA

Israel demolished 10% more Palestinian Structures in 2018: OCHA

In December, 39 structures were demolished or seized by the Israeli authorities displacing 56 people and affecting over 270 others.”

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine
Roseanne Barr calls Natalie Portman ‘Repulsive’ over Israeli Prize Refusal

Roseanne Barr calls Natalie Portman ‘Repulsive’ over Israeli Prize Refusal

Portman has always been careful to note that her criticism is of the PM’s policies, not Israel itself.

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
The Stupidity of Evil: Teens Shouting 'Build that Wall' at Native American Vet

The Stupidity of Evil: Teens Shouting ‘Build that Wall’ at Native American Vet

How stupid do you have to be to chant “build the wall” at a Native American whose people were here at least 13,000 years ago

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Crimes against Humanity: Israeli Snipers have shot down 45 Child Gaza Protesters

Crimes against Humanity: Israeli Snipers have shot down 45 Child Gaza Protesters

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) submitted a joint report to United Nations investigators last week detailing Israeli forces’ killing of […]

Maan News Agency

Politics
The More Women in Government, the Healthier the Population

The More Women in Government, the Healthier the Population

Women in government tend to work in more collaborative and bipartisan ways than their male counterparts.

The Conversation

BDS
War on BDS: How AIPAC-Israel Agenda became USG Priority

War on BDS: How AIPAC-Israel Agenda became USG Priority

“Israel Anti-Boycott Act” is the most egregious of such interventions, for it strikes down the First Amendment

Middle East Monitor

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