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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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Acidification of Oceans
The Hottest Year on Record:  12th month in a row of unprecedented heat

The Hottest Year on Record: 12th month in a row of unprecedented heat

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – – “The planet keeps getting warmer. The level of destruction from natural disasters is also climbing. Cenk […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers

Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers

By IMEMC | – – Palestinian members of local neighborhood watch committee, in Talfit village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, managed […]

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Dissent
Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters

Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Baghdad was a ghost town on Saturday,, as security forces fanned out, blocking key roads into […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptians "shocked" at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak's accusation of "fascism" in Tel Aviv

Egyptians “shocked” at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak’s accusation of “fascism” in Tel Aviv

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What do Israel’s Arab neighbors think about the political earthquake that struck PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri, 9/11 Mastermind, Plays Syrian Politics

Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri, 9/11 Mastermind, Plays Syrian Politics

By Sam Heller | ( RFE/RL ) | – – When the self-proclaimed Islamic State declared the establishment of a global Muslim “caliphate” in 2014, […]

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History
Top 3 sources of Immigration to US every Decade since 1820 (Animated Map)

Top 3 sources of Immigration to US every Decade since 1820 (Animated Map)

Metrocosm | (Animated video) | – – “From 1920 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This map […]

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Bill of Rights
Snowden on Torture Report:  "When the CIA destroys s.th., it's never a Mistake"

Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”

TeleSur | — After the CIA inspector general admitted it destroyed a 6,700 page report on torture, the famed whistleblower said the CIA does not […]

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Iraq
Baghdad Locals Fear Shiite-On-Shiite Violence As Alliance Fractures

Baghdad Locals Fear Shiite-On-Shiite Violence As Alliance Fractures

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Protests and suicide bombings have caused tension within the Shiite Muslim alliance that’s been fighting […]

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Israel: Netanyahu replies to Officers' charges of Fascism, makes far Right Lieberman their boss

Israel: Netanyahu replies to Officers’ charges of Fascism, makes far Right Lieberman their boss

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu bolstered his majority and rid himself of a troublesome voice of […]

Juan Cole

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