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For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm has released its global electricity report for the first half of 2025, and it contains […]

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Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

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A Case for Nonviolent Resistance:  MAGA Men and Rage

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

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Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain's Arab Spring

Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring

By Faten Bushehri | (Global Voices) | – – The Saudi Cables, released by WikiLeaks, includes a treasure trove of information in secret exchanges between […]

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African-Americans
Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse

Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. The Confederate flag in its current form was adopted by the seceding slave states to […]

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Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?

Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?

By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Massive turnout is latest sign the Vermont senator is gaining on Hillary Clinton At least […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Her War:  Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria

Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria

RT | (Video Report) | – – “In the face of the deadly threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, many Kurdish women decide not […]

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African-Americans
Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn't a "One-Off" Event

Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn’t a “One-Off” Event

By Ethan Zuckerman | (The Conversation) | – – When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one. […]

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Domestic Terrorism
Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life

Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life

By Tom Engeldhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Consider this paragraph a holding action on the subject of getting blown away in America. While I […]

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censorship
PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel

PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | – – Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative […]

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Arab Americans
European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston

European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Muslim-hatred of the Geert Wilders and Marine LePens in Europe, for which Daniel Pipes, and […]

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African-Americans
1871:  First US Anti-Terror Law banned White Racist attacks on Black Officials, Voters

1871: First US Anti-Terror Law banned White Racist attacks on Black Officials, Voters

Dara Lind | (Vox Video Report) | – – “Was the shooting that killed 9 people in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday terrorism? Vox’s […]

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