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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

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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Europe
Europe: The Onslaught of the Far Right

Europe: The Onslaught of the Far Right

Munich (Special to Informed Comment) – After the results of the elections to the European Union parliament were announced on the night of June 9, […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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Shortening the Kill Chain: Silicon Valley aims to turn our World into an AI Wargame

Shortening the Kill Chain: Silicon Valley aims to turn our World into an AI Wargame

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Venture capital and military startup firms in Silicon Valley have begun aggressively selling a version of automated warfare that will deeply […]

William D. Hartung

Children
Israeli Forces have killed or Separated from their Families 35,000 Palestinian Children in Gaza

Israeli Forces have killed or Separated from their Families 35,000 Palestinian Children in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Save the Children said Monday that in addition to the some 14,000 children killed by the Israeli military according to […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
No Accountability for Saudi Crimes as US Mulls New Defense Pact

No Accountability for Saudi Crimes as US Mulls New Defense Pact

By Nadia Hardman, Researcher, Refugee and Migrant Rights Division | – Joey Shea Researcher, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates   ( Human Rights Watch […]

Human Rights Watch

Whistleblowers
Julian Assange will be Freed after Striking Plea Deal with US Authorities

Julian Assange will be Freed after Striking Plea Deal with US Authorities

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra | – Julian Assange has reached a deal with the United States Department of Justice to allow him to […]

The Conversation

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Netanyahu openly Reneges on Ceasefire, Stabs Biden in Back, Charging US cut off Weaponry

Netanyahu openly Reneges on Ceasefire, Stabs Biden in Back, Charging US cut off Weaponry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview on Israeli Channel 14, the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “The heavy […]

Juan Cole

Environment
The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling

The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling

By Lisa Song, Illustrations by Max Guther, special to ProPublica ( ProPublica ) – Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was […]

ProPublica

Hizbullah
What would War between Israel and Hezbollah mean for the Middle East?

What would War between Israel and Hezbollah mean for the Middle East?

By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli military is reported to have signed off on a major offensive against Hezbollah, […]

The Conversation

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Hostage Families demand Deal, Netanyahu Resignation, in Largest Demonstrations since Oct. 7

Hostage Families demand Deal, Netanyahu Resignation, in Largest Demonstrations since Oct. 7

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saturday evening witnessed the biggest Israeli demonstrations against the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the outbreak of […]

Juan Cole

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