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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
Climate Crisis

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

02/04/2026 By Liz Theoharis

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

02/04/2026 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arab-Islamic Culture in late Ottoman and British Palestine

Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arab-Islamic Culture in late Ottoman and British Palestine

The Jerusalemite writer of Iraqi descent, Isaac Yahuda, was a part of both the Zionist and Arab intelligentsia

Middle East Monitor

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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

The horrid Bill Maher and his guest Van Jones even guffawed about dead Gaza babies.

Juan Cole

Iran
US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

Any U.S. military action now could have widespread unintended consequences, including the potential for accelerated global nuclear proliferation

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

With Palestinian history censored by the Israeli occupation, youth programs preserve collective memory through traditional music and dance.

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Not exactly what the American president intended when he blasted the longtime politician this week. Or was it?

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Climate Crisis
Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Mad hatter Trump is murdering time — at least, the time we humans have left to live reasonably decent lives on this planet

Tom Engelhardt

Acidification of Oceans
Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

Juan Cole

Iran
The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

While the United States and Israel have tried to take advantage of the unrest it has been homegrown

Foreign Policy in Focus

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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

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US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

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Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

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