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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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Authoritarianism
Recording allegedly catches Trump pressuring Michigan Canvassers to reject 2020 Biden Win

Recording allegedly catches Trump pressuring Michigan Canvassers to reject 2020 Biden Win

By: Jon King – ( Michigan Advance ) – Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she “wasn’t surprised” by news that former President Donald […]

Michigan Advance

Bill of Rights
Palestine Solidarity Crackdown: Challenges in the US and Europe

Palestine Solidarity Crackdown: Challenges in the US and Europe

By Layla Kattermann and Diala Shamas | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Israel’s 2023 genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has horrified many around the world […]

Al-Shabaka

Christianity
Pope and Pastor: "Prince of Peace rejected by the futile Logic of War;" "Christ in the Rubble"

Pope and Pastor: “Prince of Peace rejected by the futile Logic of War;” “Christ in the Rubble”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – My mother was a Lutheran and the Coles were Catholics, though my grandfather fell away when he married a woman […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
From BLM to Gaza:  Inside the Youth-led fight for a Demilitarized Future

From BLM to Gaza: Inside the Youth-led fight for a Demilitarized Future

By Alessandra Bergamin | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – In January 2020, Dissenters — a grassroots, youth-led antiwar movement — began with the mission […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
In First, Britain Likely Generated more Electricity from Wind/Water/Hydro than Fossil Fuels in 2023

In First, Britain Likely Generated more Electricity from Wind/Water/Hydro than Fossil Fuels in 2023

By Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Joseph Day, University of Birmingham; and Katarina Pegg | – There are many milestones to pass in the transition […]

The Conversation

Christianity
A Merry Muslim Christmas from India’s Hyderabad, c. 1630: Jesus, the Dutch, and Diamonds

A Merry Muslim Christmas from India’s Hyderabad, c. 1630: Jesus, the Dutch, and Diamonds

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The nativity of the Christ child is not solely an occasion of Christian spirituality, but has been celebrated through the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
No, Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital was not a Hamas Command Center; Biden endorsed an Israeli Lie

No, Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital was not a Hamas Command Center; Biden endorsed an Israeli Lie

By Jake Johnson | – ( Commondreams.org) – The Israeli military launched a deadly assault on Gaza’s largest hospital last month on the grounds that […]

Common Dreams

Israel/ Palestine
What are the Motivations behind Israel's Genocide in Gaza, and what is the Way Forward?

What are the Motivations behind Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, and what is the Way Forward?

Yoav Litvin is an Israeli-American doctor of psychology/neuroscience, a writer and photographer. ( AlJazeera ) – On October 7, Hamas fighters breached the Gaza prison […]

Yoav Litvin

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Israelis have killed the same Percentage of Gazans in 11 Weeks as Allies did Italians in all of WW II

Israelis have killed the same Percentage of Gazans in 11 Weeks as Allies did Italians in all of WW II

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN reports figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health as of Friday: “between 7 October and 7:00 on 22 […]

Juan Cole

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