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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege

Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege

( Middle East Monitor ) – The former Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, has told a Likud faction meeting that “illegal Palestinian construction” […]

Ramona Wadi

Corruption
In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion

In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion

By John Nagle, Queen’s University Belfast | – The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the […]

The Conversation

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Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?

Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have put out a one-year progress report […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu's Government Survive?

Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu’s Government Survive?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Before it was formed, the new far-right Israeli government coalition has been plagued […]

Middle East Monitor

Antisemitism
Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok

Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok

By Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut | – (The Conversation) – In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden […]

The Conversation

Gay rights
Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen?  And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen? And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

By Ira Chernus | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – What makes a good society? Is it a guaranteed right to pursue happiness, as our Declaration […]

Tomdispatch

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Turkey's President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur'an burning in Stockholm

Turkey’s President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur’an burning in Stockholm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can forget about membership in the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions

Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – ( RFE/RL ) – Iran has charged 16 people, including several teenagers, in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia for […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)

Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – New Israeli guidelines on access to the West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians from loved ones […]

Human Rights Watch

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