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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

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Feminism
Iran: The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To end Gender Apartheid in The Islamic Republic

Iran: The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To end Gender Apartheid in The Islamic Republic

(RFE/RL) – Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country and believes Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should step down […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Change
Plants Provide our Food, Medicine & Oxygen: We're Driving them Extinct 350x Faster than Normal

Plants Provide our Food, Medicine & Oxygen: We’re Driving them Extinct 350x Faster than Normal

Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm By Jaco Le Roux, Florencia Yanelli, Heidi Hirsch, José María Iriondo Alegria, […]

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China
China: How the Republican Imperial Presidency Led to Trump's Trade National Socialism

China: How the Republican Imperial Presidency Led to Trump’s Trade National Socialism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has put US companies on alert that he might force them to withdraw from China, where they have $256 […]

Juan Cole

Featured
Former Iraqi PM Threatens Military action against Israel after Tel Aviv Bombed Shiite Militia Base

Former Iraqi PM Threatens Military action against Israel after Tel Aviv Bombed Shiite Militia Base

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, responded to news that Israel had bombed Shiite militia bases in Iraq with […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Jazz Great John Coltrane and the Enchantment of Islam

Jazz Great John Coltrane and the Enchantment of Islam

(Informed Comment) – In his childhood and youth in rural North Carolina John Coltrane absorbed the musical traditions of African-American worship. His parents were active […]

Shalom Goldman

Yemen
Yemen: fierce fighting as UAE-Backed Separatists & Saudi-backed Gov’t clash over oil fields

Yemen: fierce fighting as UAE-Backed Separatists & Saudi-backed Gov’t clash over oil fields

(Al-Bab.com) – Intense fighting broke out in Yemen on Thursday as southern separatists and pro-government forces battled for control of the city of Ataq. Both […]

Brian Whitaker

Green Energy
A Politics of Hope: How we Can go completely to Green Energy

A Politics of Hope: How we Can go completely to Green Energy

By David Timmons | – The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more […]

The Conversation

India
This Time, the World Is Watching in Kashmir

This Time, the World Is Watching in Kashmir

By taking over Kashmir at gunpoint, India has set itself up to reap the whirlwind

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Change
Bernie Sanders' Manhattan Project:  The Game-Changing Green New Deal

Bernie Sanders’ Manhattan Project: The Game-Changing Green New Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Bernie Sanders’ breathtaking Green New Deal, with an advertised price tag of $16.3 trillion, is aimed at nothing less […]

Juan Cole

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