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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Trump at Mt. Rushmore and other Rogues' Galleries in an America in Ruins

Trump at Mt. Rushmore and other Rogues’ Galleries in an America in Ruins

By Lawrence Weschler | – The news that President Trump is planning to stage a “massive fireworks display” before a sizeable crowd on Independence Day […]

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What Blocked Netanyahu from Beginning Planned Theft of Swathes of Palestinian West Bank on July 1?

What Blocked Netanyahu from Beginning Planned Theft of Swathes of Palestinian West Bank on July 1?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to begin the theft of substantial swathes of the Palestinian West Bank on July […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
The Black Lives Matter movement’s stand with Palestinians has a history

The Black Lives Matter movement’s stand with Palestinians has a history

Middle East Monitor – It is common to think of Black Lives Matter as a single group when it isn’t; it is a movement. Indeed, […]

Asa Winstanley

Climate Crisis
New research shows the South Pole is warming faster than the rest of the world

New research shows the South Pole is warming faster than the rest of the world

By Kyle Clem | – Climate scientists long thought Antarctica’s interior may not be very sensitive to warming, but our research, published today, shows a […]

The Conversation

Militarization
How the Police and the Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home

How the Police and the Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home

By William J. Barber and Phyllis Bennis Originally published in Inside Sources. ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Uniformed U.S. soldiers occupied the center of […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Israel/ Palestine
On this Day in 1920, Receipt was Given to Colonial Britain for 'One Palestine, Complete'; Jews were 11%

On this Day in 1920, Receipt was Given to Colonial Britain for ‘One Palestine, Complete’; Jews were 11%

By Jehan Alfarra | – On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Samuel, was handed the administration of the country […]

Middle East Monitor

African-Americans
With a 500-Year History in N. America, Muslim-Americans assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

With a 500-Year History in N. America, Muslim-Americans assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

By Amir Hussain | – The killing of George Floyd took place at the doorstep of Muslim America. He was killed in front of Cup […]

The Conversation

Congress
Sanders, AOC, Tlaib Threaten to Cut Israeli Funding if Netanyahu Annexes 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

Sanders, AOC, Tlaib Threaten to Cut Israeli Funding if Netanyahu Annexes 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Progressive members of Congress will circulate a letter on Tuesday threatening US funding for Israel if the Netanyahu government proceeds […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Can Making Black Lives Matter Rescue a Failing State?

Can Making Black Lives Matter Rescue a Failing State?

By Rebecca Gordon | – ( Tomdispatch) – You know that feeling when you trip on the street and instantly sense that you’re about to […]

Rebecca Gordon

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