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With China’s Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History
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With China’s Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jeffrey Beyer and Stephen Gitonga of the UN Development Program present an overview of Saudi Arabia’s full court press to […]

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Broken Promises: Deceptive Marketing Practices in Medicare

Broken Promises: Deceptive Marketing Practices in Medicare

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How Women Journalists and Activists have been Changing the Middle East

How Women Journalists and Activists have been Changing the Middle East

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Cramer: "We're in the Death Knell Phase" of Big Oil, as 44% of Norway New Autos are Electric

Cramer: “We’re in the Death Knell Phase” of Big Oil, as 44% of Norway New Autos are Electric

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNBC stock picker Jim Cramer startled his conservative fan base this week by refusing to push ExxonMobil and other petroleum […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Kushner Plan is a "Peace" to End all Peace in Israel and Palestine

The Kushner Plan is a “Peace” to End all Peace in Israel and Palestine

( Middle East Monitor ) – After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed ‘Deal […]

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Iraq
As Warhawks Eye Iran,  Iraq War has already cost the US nearly $2 trillion

As Warhawks Eye Iran, Iraq War has already cost the US nearly $2 trillion

By Neta C. Crawford | – Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of […]

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Pentagon
The Art of the Deal, Pentagon-Style:  Wars Without Victories, Weapons Without End

The Art of the Deal, Pentagon-Style: Wars Without Victories, Weapons Without End

By William J. Astore | – (Tomdispatch.com) – The expression “self-licking ice cream cone” was first used in 1992 to describe a hidebound bureaucracy at […]

William J. Astore

Democracy
Why the First Democratic Primary should be in Illinois

Why the First Democratic Primary should be in Illinois

Ann Arbor (informed Comment) – The custom of Iowa having the first Democratic primary (or as they are pleased to arrange it, caucus) goes back […]

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Inequality
Filthy Rich: How America's Unprecedented Inequality is Literally Killing Us

Filthy Rich: How America’s Unprecedented Inequality is Literally Killing Us

“The 500 richest people in the world…gained a combined $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019, further exacerbating inequities that have not been seen since the […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Congress
The Senate’s Make-Believe Trial of Donald Trump

The Senate’s Make-Believe Trial of Donald Trump

(Otherwords.org) – In my 40 years as a lawyer, I’ve never seen a trial flout the basic requirements for fairness so brazenly. By Mitchell Zimmerman […]

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Climate Crisis
We Can’t Stop what We Can’t Visualize: How We can Get our Minds around the Climate Crisis

We Can’t Stop what We Can’t Visualize: How We can Get our Minds around the Climate Crisis

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The climate crisis suffers from an odd contradiction. The seriousness of the issue is not matched by […]

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Bernie Sanders
On the Big Issues, Bernie Sanders is the Only one who Can Save America

On the Big Issues, Bernie Sanders is the Only one who Can Save America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Generations of orators have told the story that if you put a frog in a pan of steaming water it […]

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