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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Climate Hope:  Record $920 bn. was invested in Low-Carbon Tech in 2021

Climate Hope: Record $920 bn. was invested in Low-Carbon Tech in 2021

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BloombergNEF reports that in 2021, a record-breaking $920 billion was invested globally in low-carbon technology, just short of $1 trillion. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What former PM Netanyahu's Corruption Trial says about the State of Israeli Democracy

What former PM Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial says about the State of Israeli Democracy

( Middle East Monitor ) – Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalising the details of a plea deal that […]

Ramzy Baroud

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White Terrorism: Behind the 11 Oath Keepers charged with sedition are many more who have been trained by the US military

White Terrorism: Behind the 11 Oath Keepers charged with sedition are many more who have been trained by the US military

By Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko | – The leader of the Oath Keepers militia, Stewart Rhodes, must stay behind bars pending trial for his […]

The Conversation

Muslim-Americans
Why Is Ali the Last American Hero? Who Else Is There?

Why Is Ali the Last American Hero? Who Else Is There?

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; […]

Tomdispatch

Congress
“No Rights which the White Man was Bound to Respect” What SCOTUS once Ruled about a Black Woman, as Biden prepares to Nominate One

“No Rights which the White Man was Bound to Respect” What SCOTUS once Ruled about a Black Woman, as Biden prepares to Nominate One

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announced on Wednesday that he would retire this summer at the end of the present term […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Equal Opportunity Terrorism: Israeli Squatter Settlers attack Rabbis for Human Rights alongside Palestinians

Equal Opportunity Terrorism: Israeli Squatter Settlers attack Rabbis for Human Rights alongside Palestinians

By Ashraf Al-Ajrami | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Illegal settlers from the Givat Ronen settlement carried out a terrorist attack against Palestinian citizens […]

Middle East Monitor

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Israeli Pegasus Spyware was used against Human Rights Watch Workers

Israeli Pegasus Spyware was used against Human Rights Watch Workers

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – The targeting of a Human Rights Watch staff member with Pegasus spyware underscores the urgent need to regulate […]

Human Rights Watch

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Joe Biden: a report card on the US president’s first year in office

Joe Biden: a report card on the US president’s first year in office

By Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan | – When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US president in January 2021, 51.3% of American […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How Trump appeased Putin and Endangered Peace in Ukraine

How Trump appeased Putin and Endangered Peace in Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I don’t approve of all the loud saber-rattling in Washington on Russia. For reasons I’ll explain below, I nevertheless don’t […]

Juan Cole

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