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Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar
Climate Crisis

Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Juan Cole

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

02/08/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

02/08/2026 By The Conversation

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Jose Antonio Vargas'  "Documented" on Plight of Undocumented to air on CNN after Theatrical Release

Jose Antonio Vargas’ “Documented” on Plight of Undocumented to air on CNN after Theatrical Release

(By Juan Cole) I was privileged to see a special screening of Jose Antonio Vargas’s breathlessly awaited documentary, “Documented,” when I was in Los Angeles […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Boycott, divestment, sanctions movement seeks justice for Palestinians

Boycott, divestment, sanctions movement seeks justice for Palestinians

(By Marilyn Jerry) Opinion: Boycott, divestment, sanctions movement seeks justice for Palestinians (via NJ.com) By Marilyn Jerry With the collapse of Secretary of State John […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama Quips at White House Correspondents Dinner:  'Orange is the New Black'

Obama Quips at White House Correspondents Dinner: ‘Orange is the New Black’

CBSNews.com Web Extras: “President Obama skewers the press, pols, and Obamacare at correspondents dinner” AFP reports: Obama yuks it up with Washington reporters (via AFP) […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
 Greenwald vs NSA's Hayden: Glenn Wins in a Slam Dunk

Greenwald vs NSA’s Hayden: Glenn Wins in a Slam Dunk

( Commondreams.org joint project ) Greenwald vs NSA's Hayden: Glenn Wins in a Slam Dunk Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who brought the Edward Snowden documents to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
The Ukraine Crisis and Qatar's Ascendancy should Make us think Big Solar, not Gas

The Ukraine Crisis and Qatar’s Ascendancy should Make us think Big Solar, not Gas

Originally published on SolarWakeup.By Yann Brandt Solar may be a small portion of energy production globally but the importance in geo-politics continues to grow. All energy usage may be local, when a homeowner plugs in their cell phone charge into…

Juan Cole

Bush
Condoleezza Rice, Charged with War Crimes at Rutgers, withdraws as Commencement Speaker

Condoleezza Rice, Charged with War Crimes at Rutgers, withdraws as Commencement Speaker

(By Juan Cole) Condoleezza Rice on Saturday pulled out of giving the commencement address at Rutgers University after professor and student protests. Rutgers historian Professor […]

Juan Cole

Japanese fans say Hollywood’s new Godzilla too fat

Japanese fans say Hollywood’s new Godzilla too fat

Japanese fans say that new Godzilla, set to star in a Hollywood reboot of the post-war classic, is too fat and and has been beefed […]

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Christians
Alabama’s chief justice: Muhammad didn’t create us so 1st Amendment only protects Christians

Alabama’s chief justice: Muhammad didn’t create us so 1st Amendment only protects Christians

Speaking at the Pastor for Life Luncheon, which was sponsored by Pro-Life Mississippi, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the First Amendment only applies to Christians because “Buddha didn’t create us, Mohammed didn…

Juan Cole

Israel
US calls Israeli Squatter attacks on Palestinians 'Terrorism'; Israel says 'only vandalism'

US calls Israeli Squatter attacks on Palestinians ‘Terrorism’; Israel says ‘only vandalism’

(Via AFP) Israel police challenge US ‘terror’ findings (via AFP) Israeli police on Thursday challenged Washington’s inclusion of Jewish extremist attacks on Palestinians in a […]

Juan Cole

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