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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Donald Trump
Top 5 Must-Know Revelations in Russia Probe

Top 5 Must-Know Revelations in Russia Probe

Washington, DC | (AFP) | – US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election […]

AFP

Corruption
Trump is now an Unindicted Felon: US Att'y for Southern District of New York

Trump is now an Unindicted Felon: US Att’y for Southern District of New York

The US Attorney’s office maintained that Cohen’s payoff to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall constituted a infraction against US election laws.

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Russian Sought ‘Synergy’ with Trump Campaign in 2015: Mueller

Russian Sought ‘Synergy’ with Trump Campaign in 2015: Mueller

Washington, United States | AFP | – Russians reached out to President Donald Trump’s then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen in November 2015 seeking to establish cooperation […]

AFP

Climate Change
Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018

Red Alert: World will Put out Record 37 bn tons of Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide in 2018

The strong growth is the second consecutive year of increasing emissions

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Gov't Strong-arms Germany to Boycott Israeli Orgs Calling for Palestinian Rights

Israeli Gov’t Strong-arms Germany to Boycott Israeli Orgs Calling for Palestinian Rights

The two foundations facing the wrath of Israel were named by the +972 as the, Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Middle East Monitor

Egypt
Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as "Muslim Brotherhood" for Khashoggi Documentary

Sean Penn Smeared in Arabic Press as “Muslim Brotherhood” for Khashoggi Documentary

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The October 2 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is still shrouded in some mystery […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era

Why Gandhi’s ideas on Nonviolence continue to thrive, even in the post-truth era

As we now face a global dearth of alternative political ideas, perhaps it’s no wonder we are turning again to the Mahatma for inspiration

The Conversation

Pentagon
Are Trump & Khashoggi Case dragging down SecDef Mattis, Last Adult in Room?

Are Trump & Khashoggi Case dragging down SecDef Mattis, Last Adult in Room?

The most vocal attack on the former Marine general came from a member of Trump’s own Republican party this week, Senator Lindsey Graham

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Tourism to Palestine  Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

Tourism to Palestine Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

“We also had to refute the Israeli claims that there is no security in the Palestinian territories.”

Maan News Agency

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