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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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Republican Party
Which war did the Republican candidates serve in? Reflections on GOP War Talk from an Iraq vet

Which war did the Republican candidates serve in? Reflections on GOP War Talk from an Iraq vet

By Ramon Mejia | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – As a U.S. Marine veteran who was deployed to Iraq in 2003, I can’t even […]

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Left Politics
Will Spain's Bernie Sanders be a power Broker in wake of Elections?

Will Spain’s Bernie Sanders be a power Broker in wake of Elections?

By Paul Kennedy | (The Conversation) | – – Although Spain’s two big parties technically remain the largest after this year’s general election, they find […]

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Foreign Policy
Trump & GOP:  Saber Rattling re: Iranians can never be too Aggressive

Trump & GOP: Saber Rattling re: Iranians can never be too Aggressive

By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices Online) | – – GOP candidate Donald Trump was the first to attack Iran early on in the [last] […]

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journalism
Human Rights in Turkey: Is Turkish Press Freedom Doomed?

Human Rights in Turkey: Is Turkish Press Freedom Doomed?

By Lorena Di Carlo | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – The last week of November marked another phase of an ongoing […]

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Democratic Party
Is Clinton right that Trump is Helping ISIL?

Is Clinton right that Trump is Helping ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – During Saturday night’s Democratic debate, Sec. Hillary Clinton at one point alleged, “And we also need […]

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Militarization
5 Questions For Syria Hawks

5 Questions For Syria Hawks

David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Last month’s horrific attacks in Paris and last week’s massacre in California – which was at […]

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Arms Sales
US Arms sales don't Fight Terrorism & War, they Provoke Them

US Arms sales don’t Fight Terrorism & War, they Provoke Them

By Jeremy Ravinsky | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Nothing recruits terrorists like corrupt security forces committing human rights abuses with impunity. (Photo: […]

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Israel
Israel’s working poor

Israel’s working poor

By Jacob Wirtschafter | ( Your Middle East) | A poverty report has added fuel to long-standing debates about religion, intercommunal politics, and Israel’s national […]

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Democracy
In the Middle East’s New Century, can Western Imperialism stop Thwarting Democracy?

In the Middle East’s New Century, can Western Imperialism stop Thwarting Democracy?

By Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | – – Jeffrey D. Sachs | (@JeffDSachs) – – NEW YORK – The United States, the European […]

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