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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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Climate Crisis
President Biden, We can do this too:  Europe generates more electricity with Renewables than Fossil Fuels for First Time

President Biden, We can do this too: Europe generates more electricity with Renewables than Fossil Fuels for First Time

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new report from Ember and Agora Energiewende finds that in 2020, the 27 countries of the European Union generated […]

Juan Cole

Fundamentalism
Right Wing Laws to "protect religious freedom" Enable Fundamentalists to Discriminate

Right Wing Laws to “protect religious freedom” Enable Fundamentalists to Discriminate

Charleston, W.Va. (Informed Comment) – Across America, right-wing politicians pass “religious freedom” laws that have a single purpose: to let narrow-minded believers discriminate against gays […]

James A. Haught

Epidemics
Will the Pandemic help Shift the world from Oil to Green Energy?

Will the Pandemic help Shift the world from Oil to Green Energy?

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor) – It is crucial to an understanding of the global consequences of the coronavirus pandemic […]

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia
Hating on Muslims in Western Media is based on the Big Lie

Hating on Muslims in Western Media is based on the Big Lie

By Stuart Chambers | – Although anti-Muslim sentiments certainly existed long before 2001, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the response to them intensified anti-Muslim […]

The Conversation

Arab Spring
Failures of Democracy in America and the Arab Spring

Failures of Democracy in America and the Arab Spring

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today is ten years since Egyptian youth gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo demanding the resignation of Egypt’s brutal […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Confronting Total Collapse in Israeli-Occupied Gaza: Division and COVID-19

Confronting Total Collapse in Israeli-Occupied Gaza: Division and COVID-19

By Ali Abdel-Wahab | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Gaza has always been unique among the different parts of Palestine. Its current particularity stems from […]

Al-Shabaka

Far Right
Equal Opportunity Hate: The Angry White women of the Capitol Far Right

Equal Opportunity Hate: The Angry White women of the Capitol Far Right

By Jakana Thomas | – The terror inflicted on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 laid bare America’s problem with violent extremism. The FBI and […]

The Conversation

Bush
How Bush’s Wars led to Trump’s Insurrection: From Occupying Iraq to Occupying the Capitol

How Bush’s Wars led to Trump’s Insurrection: From Occupying Iraq to Occupying the Capitol

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – “I got out of the Marines and within a few years, 15 of my buddies had killed […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Why is False News about Iran All Right?  No, Khamenei didn’t Threaten Trump on Golf Course, and no, his Twitter account wasn’t Banned

Why is False News about Iran All Right? No, Khamenei didn’t Threaten Trump on Golf Course, and no, his Twitter account wasn’t Banned

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – No, Ayatollah Ali Khameni’s twitter account did not carry an image of Donald Trump being droned on a golf course, […]

Juan Cole

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