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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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The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture

The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture

I am reprinting part of this essay that appeared in Renovatio, the literary magazine of a small Muslim liberal arts college — Zaytuna — in […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’

Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’

By Tess Scholfield-Peters, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Mark Raphael Baker began writing his final book, A Season of Death, from his hospital […]

The Conversation

Arctic
The Alarming Findings of AI Model that analysed Millions of Images of retreating Glaciers

The Alarming Findings of AI Model that analysed Millions of Images of retreating Glaciers

By Tian Li, University of Bristol; Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol, and Konrad Heidler, Technical University of Munich (The Conversation) – The Arctic has warmed […]

The Conversation

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Let us be Joyous about the Release of all Hostages, Israeli and Palestinian, in Gaza Peace Deal, including 21 Palestinian Children

Let us be Joyous about the Release of all Hostages, Israeli and Palestinian, in Gaza Peace Deal, including 21 Palestinian Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is wonderful news that on Sunday and Monday Israeli and Palestinian hostages were released as part of the ceasefire […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Tevet, Palindromes, and the Ceasefire in Gaza

Tevet, Palindromes, and the Ceasefire in Gaza

( The Times of Israel ) – On the occasion of the ceasefire in Gaza, let’s reflect on the current Hebrew month of Tevet: This […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Donald Trump
Trump’s “Largest domestic Deportation Operation in U.S. History” would Target America Itself

Trump’s “Largest domestic Deportation Operation in U.S. History” would Target America Itself

( Tomdispatch.com ) – This country, once a haven for immigrants, is now on the verge of turning into a first-class nightmare for them. President […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Donald Trump
UK Parliamentary Committee to British Gov’t:  Recognize Palestinian State for Sustainable Peace

UK Parliamentary Committee to British Gov’t: Recognize Palestinian State for Sustainable Peace

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The British Parliament has the longest history of any parliament, since it was the first, so it has had time […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Shock Waves: The Out-Migration of Tens of Thousands of Young Jews from Israel in Past 2 Years

Shock Waves: The Out-Migration of Tens of Thousands of Young Jews from Israel in Past 2 Years

by Aziz Mustafa ( Middle East Monitor ) – The report by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics at the beginning of the new year, […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
How smaller, more affordable Electric cars can Accelerate the Green Transition

How smaller, more affordable Electric cars can Accelerate the Green Transition

By Agnieszka Stefaniec, University of Southampton and Keyvan Hosseini, University of Southampton (The Conversation) – Norway is set to make history by becoming the first […]

The Conversation

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