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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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"Hallelujah" cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

“Hallelujah” cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

Emel Mathlouthi covers Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Mathlouthi has been an important voice of the ongoing Tunisian political upheavals provoked by leftist youth activism.

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

(By Bobby Magill) Is the West’s Dry Spell Really a Megadrought? (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill SAN FRANCISCO — The drought that has […]

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Human Rights
Indian Gays Shocked by Supreme Court Ruling upholding Colonial Sodomy Laws

Indian Gays Shocked by Supreme Court Ruling upholding Colonial Sodomy Laws

(By Boris Dittrich) The day after International Human Rights Day, India’s Supreme Court published its ruling on whether the country’s sodomy law, which had been […]

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Syria
Syrian Refugees' Misery deepened by Snow Storm as Europe Shuts Doors

Syrian Refugees’ Misery deepened by Snow Storm as Europe Shuts Doors

World Bulletin writes: “… the worst of winter is yet to come for 2.2 million refugees living outside Syria and millions more displaced inside the […]

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Energy
The Enigma of Israel and Solar Energy

The Enigma of Israel and Solar Energy

(By Juan Cole) Israel ought to be a pioneer in solar energy. It is mostly sunny and the amount of energy it could realize from […]

Juan Cole

End of the road for Hrithik-Sussanne marriage

End of the road for Hrithik-Sussanne marriage

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and his wife of 13 years, Sussanne Roshan, are ending their marriage, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday. In a statement […]

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Drones
US Drones Kill 15 in Yemen Wedding Convoy, mistaking them for al-Qaeda

US Drones Kill 15 in Yemen Wedding Convoy, mistaking them for al-Qaeda

CIA operators of US drones in Yemen mistook a wedding convoy for al-Qaeda on Friday, killing 15 persons and wounding many others. Some 10 were […]

Juan Cole

US politics
A Government of the Billionaires, for the Billionaires, by the Billionaires

A Government of the Billionaires, for the Billionaires, by the Billionaires

(By Bill Moyers) I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of […]

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Featured
Photo of the Day: Was St. Nicholas “White”?

Photo of the Day: Was St. Nicholas “White”?

(By Juan Cole) Fox News’s Megyn Kelly maintained this week that Santa Claus and Jesus are “white.” Russian icon of St. Nicholas of Myra on […]

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