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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Iraq
Iraq’s Growth Industry: Free-Lance Civilian Bomb Disposal

Iraq’s Growth Industry: Free-Lance Civilian Bomb Disposal

By Kamal al-Ayash | Ramadi | ( Niqash.org) | – – Locals are struggling to get rid of the explosive booby-traps the Islamic State left […]

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Arms Sales
America's New Reality:  Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots

America’s New Reality: Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Recently, sorting through a pile of old children’s books, I came across a volume, That […]

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Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal

Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the real power center for […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Montazeri recording surfaces condemning mass killings that Haunt Iran’s Revolution

Montazeri recording surfaces condemning mass killings that Haunt Iran’s Revolution

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once in line to become Iran’s supreme leader, has come back […]

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Children
Stopping the War on Children

Stopping the War on Children

Kevin Watkins | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – On the twentieth anniversary of the Machel report, the international community must draw a line […]

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Israel/ Palestine
US College Course on Palestine Reinstated after Cancellation under pressure from Israel Lobbies

US College Course on Palestine Reinstated after Cancellation under pressure from Israel Lobbies

By IMEMC | – – University of California, Berkeley, has reinstated a course on Palestine that was cancelled under pressure from pro-Israel groups, according to […]

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Top Six US Problems worse than Terrorism

Top Six US Problems worse than Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Every time a person of Middle Eastern heritage who ought to have been committed to an […]

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Climate Change
Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living

Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living

By Susan Lee | (The Conversation) | – – Ten years ago in the United Arab Emirates, a new settlement was started from scratch, with […]

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Environmentalism
Native American Rights and Health versus Pipeline Cowboys

Native American Rights and Health versus Pipeline Cowboys

By Chip Ward | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Americans who don’t live in the West may think that the historic clash of Native […]

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