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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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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Omar Khayyam
FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:1

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:1

British man of letters Edward FitzGerald translated the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám from two Persian manuscripts and published it in 1859. He had substantial help […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America | – Letter to Harvard University concerning the cancellation of a special issue […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Authoritarianism
An Ailing Old American Empire Lashes Out

An Ailing Old American Empire Lashes Out

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a retired U.S. Air Force officer, I firmly believe in civilian control of our military. This country should be a […]

William J. Astore

Far Right
Christian Nationalism’s Plot on Civil Society: The Seven Mountains Mandate

Christian Nationalism’s Plot on Civil Society: The Seven Mountains Mandate

Oakwood, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A concerning story out of Georgia offers a window into the rise and possible demise of an […]

Matthew Boedy

Israel/ Palestine
New Peace Plan increases Pressure on Israel and US as Momentum grows for Palestinian Statehood

New Peace Plan increases Pressure on Israel and US as Momentum grows for Palestinian Statehood

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin (The Conversation) – A new vision for Middle East peace emerged this week which proposes the withdrawal of Israel […]

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
Protesting CUNY for Letting 4 Adjunct Faculty Go over Palestinian Rights and Suspending a Student

Protesting CUNY for Letting 4 Adjunct Faculty Go over Palestinian Rights and Suspending a Student

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter to the City University of New York protesting the non-reappointment […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Bill of Rights
Corrupt DoJ Shields Trump on Epstein, Extorts CBS and Columbia U. in Protection Racket

Corrupt DoJ Shields Trump on Epstein, Extorts CBS and Columbia U. in Protection Racket

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Gangster president Trump and his Justice Department lackeys are engaged in a coordinated cover-up of his entanglements with […]

Dan Dinello

Climate Crisis
In Syria, Women are Bearing the Brunt of Climate Breakdown

In Syria, Women are Bearing the Brunt of Climate Breakdown

by Zahra Zaman ( Middle East Monitor ) – Syria had been embroiled in a protracted conflict and plagued by authoritarianism for decades. While the […]

Middle East Monitor

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