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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism is Growing Around the World, but from Bolivia to Nigeria, People Power is pushing Back

Authoritarianism is Growing Around the World, but from Bolivia to Nigeria, People Power is pushing Back

Authoritarianism has been on the march for years, but people powered revolutions are pushing regimes toward democracy on nearly every continent. ( Foreign Policy in […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
A Solar Germany?  Renewables are Covering Half of Germany's Electricity Demand

A Solar Germany? Renewables are Covering Half of Germany’s Electricity Demand

By Edgar Meza | – (Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany has already surpassed last year’s record amount of solar power by late October, according […]

Clean Energy Wire

Far Right
5 reasons not to underestimate far-right extremists

5 reasons not to underestimate far-right extremists

By Alexander Hinton | – Far-right extremists have been in the news, with an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor and rallies like the one […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Trump's ideal Strong man, Putin, orders Nationwide Mask Mandate, as US Flounders under weak Leadership

Trump’s ideal Strong man, Putin, orders Nationwide Mask Mandate, as US Flounders under weak Leadership

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is well known for fawning all over Vladimir Putin, Russia’s autocrat who styles himself “president” from victories in phony […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
50 Nations of UN seek A-Bomb Ban, but US, Russia, China, N. Korea are accelerating Dangerous Arms Race

50 Nations of UN seek A-Bomb Ban, but US, Russia, China, N. Korea are accelerating Dangerous Arms Race

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – We are living in the year 2020 AD, signifying two thousand twenty years after the birth of Christ. […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Climate Crisis
UN Report: Human Environmental, Climate Destruction could unleash 800k Animal Viruses on Us

UN Report: Human Environmental, Climate Destruction could unleash 800k Animal Viruses on Us

By Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher | – Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s Failed State:  America’s Daunting New World and the Coming Election

Donald Trump’s Failed State: America’s Daunting New World and the Coming Election

By Karen J. Greenberg | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – These past few months, it’s grown ever harder to recognize life in America. Thanks to Covid-19, […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Education
Mental Health at Michigan: What can the stories of five individuals tell us about the history of mental health at the University of Michigan?

Mental Health at Michigan: What can the stories of five individuals tell us about the history of mental health at the University of Michigan?

A project of University of Michigan students mentored by Professor Henry Cowles. Mirrored from Storymaps: “Mental Health at Michigan.” N.B. Scroll down via scroll bar […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Touts "Ending the Pandemic" as 1 American Dies every 107 Seconds and Stock Market Nosedives

Trump Touts “Ending the Pandemic” as 1 American Dies every 107 Seconds and Stock Market Nosedives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bruce Y. Lee of Forbes reports that a couple of days ago, the Trump White House put out a press […]

Juan Cole

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