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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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Climate Crisis
The other Pandemic: Siberia hits over 100° F, hotter than Miami, 80 Years Early, because Coal and Gasoline

The other Pandemic: Siberia hits over 100° F, hotter than Miami, 80 Years Early, because Coal and Gasoline

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As if the coronavirus pandemic, depression-era unemployment, and a mad President in the White House were not enough, Mother Nature […]

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Epidemics
Saudi Arabia ends Lockdown as Infections Surge:  Is it on a Trumpian path to Disaster?

Saudi Arabia ends Lockdown as Infections Surge: Is it on a Trumpian path to Disaster?

(Al-Bab.com) – Saudi Arabia ended its coronavirus lockdown this morning despite record numbers of new infections during the past week. Lifting the lockdown brings an […]

Brian Whitaker

Syria
Will Trump's Caesar sanctions force the Assad Regime to Negotiate, or Simply Increase Syrians' Misery?

Will Trump’s Caesar sanctions force the Assad Regime to Negotiate, or Simply Increase Syrians’ Misery?

By Muhammad Hussein | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Seeing is believing, as the saying goes. And after seeing the 53,275 photographs proving […]

Middle East Monitor

African-Americans
The George Floyd protests aren't just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian

The George Floyd protests aren’t just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian

By Lilian Bobea | — The massive protests that erupted across the United States – and beyond – after the police killing of George Floyd […]

The Conversation

Africa
Top 6 Reasons Trump's Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar at Empty Stadium is a Lie

Top 6 Reasons Trump’s Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar at Empty Stadium is a Lie

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his typically unhinged rant to a nearly empty stadium in Tulsa, OK, Trump attempted to use Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan […]

Juan Cole

Employment
To address Systemic Racism, we Must Focus on the Economy

To address Systemic Racism, we Must Focus on the Economy

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Hate crimes are still too prevalent, but there is a widespread consensus behind efforts to root them […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
In Search of a Game Changer -- Beyond Apartheid: Israel, Palestine, and Annexation

In Search of a Game Changer — Beyond Apartheid: Israel, Palestine, and Annexation

By Moshe Behar | – In this essay, Moshe Behar reflects on what the possible endgame is for the Israeli annexation of Palestinian land that […]

Moshe Behar

Democracy
War Zone America

War Zone America

By Andrea Mazzarino | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Recently, in this Black Lives Matter protest moment, my five-year-old son looked at me and asked, “Mommy, where […]

Tomdispatch

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PM Netanyahu's son Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian-Israelis from Tel Aviv

PM Netanyahu’s son Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian-Israelis from Tel Aviv

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the US and even Israel have seen Black Lives Matter protests, Yair Netanyahu, 28, the son of Israeli Prime […]

Juan Cole

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