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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

Donald Trump
Sauce for the Gander:  Iran Seeks Interpol Red Notice on Trump for Soleimani Murder

Sauce for the Gander: Iran Seeks Interpol Red Notice on Trump for Soleimani Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mehr News Service reports that Tehran prosecutor Ali al-Qasi Mehr issued an arrest notice with Interpol on Monday for President […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Liberty Endangered:  This July 4, let’s lay claim to the freedom we’ve celebrated, but seldom practiced

Liberty Endangered: This July 4, let’s lay claim to the freedom we’ve celebrated, but seldom practiced

By Robert P. Alvarez | ( Otherwords.org ) – When I was a child, I learned to believe that Americans valued freedom and equality more […]

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