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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

05/16/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Congress Wants the Department of Defense to Propagandize Americans

Congress Wants the Department of Defense to Propagandize Americans

Two congressmen are attempting to insert a provision in the National Defense Authorization act that would allow the Department of Defense to subject the US […]

Juan Cole

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“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market…” (JFK Poster)

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market…” (JFK Poster)

Juan Cole

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Aleppo Joins the Syrian Revolution:  Are al-Assad’s Days Numbered?

Aleppo Joins the Syrian Revolution: Are al-Assad’s Days Numbered?

The largest demonstrations held in Syria’s second city, Aleppo, since the beginning over a year ago of the revolutionary movement in that country, were held […]

Juan Cole

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Frantic Civilian Tweets Map Out US Drone Strikes in Yemen (Woods and Serle)

Frantic Civilian Tweets Map Out US Drone Strikes in Yemen (Woods and Serle)

Chris Woods and Jack Serle write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Though the hour was late, Yemen’s social media was still very much awake. […]

Juan Cole

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NDAA Provisions attacking Freedom of Speech Struck Down

NDAA Provisions attacking Freedom of Speech Struck Down

A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional portions of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which provided for indefinite imprisonment for journalists and activists who […]

Juan Cole

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Time Magazine Cover asks if Bibi Netanyahu will Make Peace… 1996

Time Magazine Cover asks if Bibi Netanyahu will Make Peace… 1996

h/t @Amirmizroch

Juan Cole

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Facebook and the Middle East after the Arab Spring

Facebook and the Middle East after the Arab Spring

The Facebook IPO may or may not be a good business investment, but the Facebook phenomenon hasn’t faded in one area of the world– the […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi ban on women’s sports blamed for rising obesity (Zambarakji)

Saudi ban on women’s sports blamed for rising obesity (Zambarakji)

Angie Zambarakji writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A girl’s school in Saudi Arabia has defied a ban on sport for girls by letting […]

Juan Cole

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Minority Births the Majority?  On how the whole idea of White People is Made Up

Minority Births the Majority? On how the whole idea of White People is Made Up

The news is going around breathlessly that 50.4% of births in the US in the past 12 months were to families categorized as ethnic minorities, […]

Juan Cole

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