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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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Grappling with Nuclear Dangers at 90 Seconds to Midnight

Grappling with Nuclear Dangers at 90 Seconds to Midnight

( Tomdispatch.com ) – What’s in your basement? Mine is full of things I’ve mostly forgotten about — tools I bought for projects I never […]

Frida Berrigan

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Biden Isolated as 85% of Americans fear wider Mideast War, and 50% say Israel has gone Too Far

Biden Isolated as 85% of Americans fear wider Mideast War, and 50% say Israel has gone Too Far

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a new NORC/ AP opinion poll, 50% of Americans say that they believe Israel has gone too far in […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
The State of the Middle East Today -  Juan Cole

The State of the Middle East Today – Juan Cole

Mohammad A. Khalil interviews Juan Cole on the situation in today’s Middle East. MSU Muslim Studies Program: “The Middle East Today: A Conversation with Professor […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily

In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily

( IMEMC ) – On Friday, day 119 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army, Air Force and the Navy continued to fire barrages […]

International Middle East Media Center

Iran
Iran says It's 'Not Looking for a War,' But is Ready for one

Iran says It’s ‘Not Looking for a War,’ But is Ready for one

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said during a trip to an impoverished southern region that Tehran is not […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Top 3 Things Biden could Do instead of intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria

Top 3 Things Biden could Do instead of intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration launched 85 air strikes on Friday against small bases of the Party of God Brigades (Kata’ib Hizbullah), […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Gaza Faces Famine, Aid Agency UNRWA is Being Defunded on Dubious Grounds

As Gaza Faces Famine, Aid Agency UNRWA is Being Defunded on Dubious Grounds

by Mariam Shah ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since 7 October 2023, the relentless Israeli aggression on Gaza has displaced more than 85 per […]

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia
Girls in Hijab Experience overlapping Forms of Racial and Gendered Violence

Girls in Hijab Experience overlapping Forms of Racial and Gendered Violence

By Salsabel Almanssori, University of Windsor and Muna Saleh, Concordia University of Edmonton | – World Hijab Day recognizes the millions of Muslim women and […]

The Conversation

Constitution
US District Court Judge: "It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza"

US District Court Judge: “It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by Palestinian-Americans […]

Juan Cole

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