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

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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War
Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It: Two Unsung Heroes as Role Models for the Air Force

Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It: Two Unsung Heroes as Role Models for the Air Force

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Twenty years ago, I left the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for my next assignment. I haven’t been back since, […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
Ukraine War: Europe declares Independence of Russian Petroleum, Looks to Mass Transit, EVs to Achieve "Freedom" Goal

Ukraine War: Europe declares Independence of Russian Petroleum, Looks to Mass Transit, EVs to Achieve “Freedom” Goal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France 24, with AFP, reports that the 27-member European Union succeeded on Monday in agreeing to a sixth round of […]

Juan Cole

Ireland
Sympathy for Colonized Ireland in the US Gov't Doesn't Extent to Colonized Palestine

Sympathy for Colonized Ireland in the US Gov’t Doesn’t Extent to Colonized Palestine

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – A recent Congressional cross-party delegation visit to the UK and Ireland in order to save the Good Friday Agreement […]

Mohammed Samaana

Israel/ Palestine
Major Human Rights Groups Call for End of Impunity for Israeli Apartheid Policies in Palestinian Territories

Major Human Rights Groups Call for End of Impunity for Israeli Apartheid Policies in Palestinian Territories

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ex-Al Jazeera Chief, Wadah Khanfar, has blasted Western mainstream media over its failure to […]

Middle East Monitor

Arms Sales
The lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students who Survive Them

The lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students who Survive Them

By Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University; Bokyung Kim, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts; Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University; Marika Cabral, The University […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Will Japan be the Godzilla of Deep Sea Current Energy?

Will Japan be the Godzilla of Deep Sea Current Energy?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If you were going to try to generate electricity from a deep water ocean current, you’d like it to be […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
Supreme Court Expands Government Secrecy Powers in Torture-Related Case

Supreme Court Expands Government Secrecy Powers in Torture-Related Case

By Robert Pallitto | – (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The U.S. government doesn’t want to acknowledge a Polish torture site that everyone knows […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
War as Terrorism:  Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

( Tomdispatch.com) – Anyone who grew up in my generation of 1980s kids remembers G.I. Joe action figures — those green-uniformed plastic soldiers you could […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Jewish History
Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

By Alan Avery-Peck, College of the Holy Cross | – The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical […]

The Conversation

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