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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Is the Turkish Finance Minister wrecking Economy ‘with a twinkle in his eye’?

Is the Turkish Finance Minister wrecking Economy ‘with a twinkle in his eye’?

By Arzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org) – Turkish Twitter-sphere was full of memes and jokes after the country’s new Minister of Treasure and Finance, Nureddin Nebati, […]

Global Voices

Agriculture
How Solar energy and Agriculture can benefit from One Another

How Solar energy and Agriculture can benefit from One Another

By April Miller | – ( Sustainability Times) – Various industries are searching for emission reduction tactics as eco-consumer rates in the United States rise. […]

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Afghanistan
Biden's 4 Biggest Mideast Challenges in 2022

Biden’s 4 Biggest Mideast Challenges in 2022

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden faces severe challenges in the coming year, but in my view the for-profit news often either focuses on […]

Juan Cole

China
China’s Year in Climate Action: Challenges for World’s Leader in Renewable Energy

China’s Year in Climate Action: Challenges for World’s Leader in Renewable Energy

By Ma Tianjie | – ( China Dialogue) – It’s been a dizzying period for watchers of China’s climate and environmental scene. President Xi Jinping’s […]

China Dialogue

Arab Americans
Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist Perspective

Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist Perspective

By Nadine Suleiman Naber | – ( OpenDemocracy) – For decades, US and European governments, as well as corporate media, have been condemning authoritarian repression […]

Open Democracy

Climate Crisis
Why Germany is Going Nuclear-Free and how it Caused Green Energy to Skyrocket

Why Germany is Going Nuclear-Free and how it Caused Green Energy to Skyrocket

Excerpted from an article by Kerstine Appunn | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s energy transition is not only its main means for […]

Clean Energy Wire

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A Warm thanks to Informed Comment Readers -  The Best People

A Warm thanks to Informed Comment Readers – The Best People

From Juan Cole Thanks to a last minute surge of support, we had a great year again with regard to fundraising, and we hope to […]

Juan Cole

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New Year Joy:  the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

New Year Joy: the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I am rewriting a previous essay here, quoting some extra poems different from the ones I used last year, but […]

Juan Cole

Culture
Why ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in Restorative Justice needed by our Vindictive Politics

Why ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in Restorative Justice needed by our Vindictive Politics

Raven Yamamoto | – This article contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” ( Waging Nonviolence) – I went into “Spider-Man: No Way Home” thinking […]

Waging Nonviolence

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