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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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How Long can Israel's Minority Government survive Wave of Racial, Petty Partisan Rivalries?

How Long can Israel’s Minority Government survive Wave of Racial, Petty Partisan Rivalries?

Motasem A Dalloul | – Before forming the current dilapidated government coalition last year, the Israeli occupation state went through four elections in two years. […]

Middle East Monitor

National Security State
The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Why has the United States already become so heavily invested in the Russia-Ukraine war? And why has it so regularly gotten […]

William J. Astore

Featured
US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely "Opposed"

US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely “Opposed”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department, Jalina Porter, on Friday condemned the Israeli government’s announcement that it would build […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Human Rights Watch – (Berlin) – Migrants and asylum seekers locked up in a migrant detention center in Mykolaiv on the edge of the front […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

By John Feffer | – In November 2018, the Green New Deal became a rallying cry for climate activists when members of the Sunrise Movement […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

By Tim Newbold, UCL and Charlie Outhwaite, UCL | – Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new "Freedom Solar" by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new “Freedom Solar” by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – John Ainger at Bloomsberg reports that a coalition within the European Union is pressing Brussels to set a goal of […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

( Otherwords.org ) – The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So […]

Olivia Alperstein

History
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

By Ken Armstrong ( ProPublica ) – When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a draft opinion obtained and published this week by Politico, […]

ProPublica

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