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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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Economy
Texas blackouts show why energy should be a universal right

Texas blackouts show why energy should be a universal right

By Gordon Walker | – An unprecedented cold wave in the US state of Texas recently left several million households without power for days on […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Is Harvard denying Tenure to Cornel West over his views on Palestine?

Is Harvard denying Tenure to Cornel West over his views on Palestine?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Maximilien Alvarez writing at The Chronicle of Higher Education interviews eminent Black philosopher Cornel West on the latter being denied […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Imagining Palestine: Literature and the Language of Exile

Imagining Palestine: Literature and the Language of Exile

( Middle East Monitor ) – For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homeland and their inability to […]

Ramzy Baroud

Acidification of Oceans
Saving the Planet: Why a net-zero future depends on the ocean's ability to absorb carbon

Saving the Planet: Why a net-zero future depends on the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon

By Anya M. Waite, Brad deYoung, Chris Milley, and Ian G. Stewart | – Most of us growing up along Canada’s East Coast never worried […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Covid-19 Demonstrated How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable: A Field Guide to Our Threadbare Social Safety Net

Covid-19 Demonstrated How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable: A Field Guide to Our Threadbare Social Safety Net

( Tomdispatch.com) – Economic crises shine a spotlight on a society’s inequities and hierarchies, as well as its commitment to support those who are most […]

Rajan Menon

Epidemics
President Biden Honors 500K Dead.  He didn't say so, but they didn't have to Die

President Biden Honors 500K Dead. He didn’t say so, but they didn’t have to Die

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden on Monday honored the deaths of 500,000 Americans from COVID-19. It is a very large number, and commentator […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How the Israeli Occupation has devastated the Palestinian Economy

How the Israeli Occupation has devastated the Palestinian Economy

( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli occupation has crippled Palestinian productive sectors, leading to the dominance of internal trade in the Palestinian economy. Al-Shabaka policy analyst, […]

Ibrahim Saleh

Iran
Biden and the Iran nuclear deal: what to expect from the negotiations

Biden and the Iran nuclear deal: what to expect from the negotiations

By Ali Bilgic | – As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, speculation was rife that one of […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
President Biden wants More Vaccine Doses Sooner:  Why it is Physically Impossible before Summer

President Biden wants More Vaccine Doses Sooner: Why it is Physically Impossible before Summer

By Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson | – ( ProPublica ) – President Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, […]

ProPublica

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