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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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What the US can learn from South Koreans who stopped an Authoritarian Power-Grab

What the US can learn from South Koreans who stopped an Authoritarian Power-Grab

Jungmin Choi  As Elon Musk and his DOGE team set about dismantling government agencies, many Americans expected a strong response from Congressional Democrats. Instead, party […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals

Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals

By by Abrahm Lustgarten | – ( ProPublica ) – One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes at the foundation of U.S. climate policy […]

ProPublica

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Interview with Miko Peled, Director of Palestine House of Freedom

Interview with Miko Peled, Director of Palestine House of Freedom

Interview by Fariba Amini with Miko Peled, Israeli peace activist and Director of Palestine House of Freedom. Photographs by Fariba Amini © 2025. F.A. You […]

Fariba Amini

Syria
Syria: Doubts Increase over new Regime’s Commitment to Women’s Right and Inclusivity

Syria: Doubts Increase over new Regime’s Commitment to Women’s Right and Inclusivity

By Katya Alkhateeb, University of Essex and Faten Ghosn, University of Essex (The Conversation) – The capture of Damascus by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and […]

The Conversation

Immigration
The War on Terror Turns on Us:  Gitmo and the end of the Rule of Law

The War on Terror Turns on Us: Gitmo and the end of the Rule of Law

( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Climate Crisis
Shamash!  “The Monster and the Grandma”

Shamash! “The Monster and the Grandma”

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Juan Cole

African-Americans
Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can’t draw the Line at Genocide, they can’t Draw the Line at Democracy

Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can’t draw the Line at Genocide, they can’t Draw the Line at Democracy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ta-Nehisi Coates and Angela Davis spoke at the University of Michigan’s Rackham Auditorium on February 19, 2025, interviewed by my […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
UK Society of Authors’ Lukewarm Response to Israeli Raid on Palestinian Bookshop Provokes Resignation

UK Society of Authors’ Lukewarm Response to Israeli Raid on Palestinian Bookshop Provokes Resignation

( Middle East Monitor ) – British travel writer Matthew Teller has resigned from the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest at the organisation’s response […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Making America Sick Again: How Trump’s Drastic Layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control cripple our Response to Norovirus, Measles Outbreaks

Making America Sick Again: How Trump’s Drastic Layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control cripple our Response to Norovirus, Measles Outbreaks

By Jordan Miller, Arizona State University (The Conversation) – In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers […]

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