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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
Climate Crisis

Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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African-Americans
The Suburban Vote:  Why Trump threatened Detroit, America’s most Segregated City, with Federal Officers

The Suburban Vote: Why Trump threatened Detroit, America’s most Segregated City, with Federal Officers

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Donald Trump initially threatened to deploy federal agents in the city to clamp down on protests, though later […]

Jamal Dillman-Hasso

Colonialism
How the Failures of Great Powers at the Versailles Peace Conference Set the Stage for Today’s anti-racist Uprisings

How the Failures of Great Powers at the Versailles Peace Conference Set the Stage for Today’s anti-racist Uprisings

( The Conversation) – The racism that is now the target of protest across the globe is rooted in the tragic choices of leaders seeking […]

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Archaeology
Elon Musk may have been Joking, but the Flaky Theory that Aliens built the Pyramids is Faintly Racist

Elon Musk may have been Joking, but the Flaky Theory that Aliens built the Pyramids is Faintly Racist

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egyptian scientists and archeologists replied in a level-headed but firm way to billionaire Elon Musk’s tweet that aliens built the […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Political Suicide: GOP Senators holding up Stimulus are Retarding Recovery in Election Year

Political Suicide: GOP Senators holding up Stimulus are Retarding Recovery in Election Year

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Be thankful for small favors. When the Covid-19 depression hit like a brick, almost no one advocated […]

John Buell

Corruption
"I don't take Responsibility:" US has the Worst Pandemic Response, but can Trump be held Accountable?

“I don’t take Responsibility:” US has the Worst Pandemic Response, but can Trump be held Accountable?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Whether you consider the appalling death toll or the equally unacceptable rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, the United States has one […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Inequality
Defund the Bloated U.S. Military

Defund the Bloated U.S. Military

By Eric Stoner | – ( The Progressive) – The bold call by Black Lives Matter activists to defund police has profoundly reshaped the national […]

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Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei:  Not going to help Trump get Reelected by Negotiating, and besides, America is Collapsing

Iran’s Khamenei: Not going to help Trump get Reelected by Negotiating, and besides, America is Collapsing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei, knows that Trump’s reelection campaign is in big trouble. And, he thinks Trump wants a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis are Protesting Netanyahu, but He is merely the Symptom of a Jim Crow State

Israelis are Protesting Netanyahu, but He is merely the Symptom of a Jim Crow State

( Middle East Monitor) – Protests against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have raged on for weeks, turning violent sometimes. Israelis are furious at their […]

Ramzy Baroud

Employment
The 1%'s attack on Unemployment Benefits is a Sign of our Broken Democracy

The 1%’s attack on Unemployment Benefits is a Sign of our Broken Democracy

By Adam Shah | – ( Inequality.org ) – Members of the One Percent, such as former restaurateur Andrew Puzder, have urged Congress to not […]

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