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

Juan Cole

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

10/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance:  MAGA Men and Rage

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

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The "Bomb Iran!" Lobby Gears Up for 2016

The “Bomb Iran!” Lobby Gears Up for 2016

By Sina Toossi | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – “A tight-knit group of neocon dead-enders is pushing Iran to the forefront of the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Caught in ISIL crossfire, 8.2 Million Iraqis In Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

Caught in ISIL crossfire, 8.2 Million Iraqis In Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

By Kanya D’Almeida | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As fighting drags on between Iraqi armed forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and the […]

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Acidification of Oceans
It's Getting hot in Here:  There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists

It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists

By Jay Lawrimore | (The Conversation) | – National and international studies have shown that the Earth is warming, and with this warming, other changes […]

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censorship
On eve of Turkish Election, Leftist Women Turn backs on Pres. Erdogan in Twitter Campaign

On eve of Turkish Election, Leftist Women Turn backs on Pres. Erdogan in Twitter Campaign

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In Turkey, left of center and Kurdish women took to Twitter on Wednesday to post pictures […]

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African-Americans
Boston Terrorism suspect Rahim switched from Hate Speech Activist Geller to Police as Target

Boston Terrorism suspect Rahim switched from Hate Speech Activist Geller to Police as Target

WCVB Channel 5 Boston | (Video) | – – “Boston terror suspect Usaamah Rahim originally plotted to behead conservative activist Pamela Geller but changed his […]

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Climate Change
Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)

Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)

Euractiv | – – Forcible displacements, thousands of deaths and harmful CO2 emissions – the “2015 Coal Atlas”, published by Germany’s Heinrich Böll Foundation, shows […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Syrian Refugees Blocked, Stranded in Jordan Desert

Syrian Refugees Blocked, Stranded in Jordan Desert

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Jordanian authorities have severely restricted informal border crossings in the eastern part of the country since late […]

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Balkans
"Nationalism and terrorism are constructed things to divide us": Macedonian elections and a Balkan "War on Terror"

“Nationalism and terrorism are constructed things to divide us”: Macedonian elections and a Balkan “War on Terror”

By Frances Trix | (Informed Comment) | – Now it appears, thanks to EU mediation, there will be new national elections in Macedonia next April […]

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Barack Obama
Adelson Tabloid slams Obama for Listening to 'Court Jews' in Questioning Israel's Credibility

Adelson Tabloid slams Obama for Listening to ‘Court Jews’ in Questioning Israel’s Credibility

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – President Barack Obama gave an interview on Israeli television on Tuesday in which he said that Prime […]

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