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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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Israel turns unstable Abruptly, as Police urge PM Netanyahu be indicted

Israel turns unstable Abruptly, as Police urge PM Netanyahu be indicted

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli police over the weekend urged that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, be indicted for corruption. The […]

Juan Cole

Books
Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time

Why Kahlil Gibran is one of the Best-Selling Poets of All Time

By Antonia Pont | – (The Conversation) – Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing. […]

The Conversation

Yemen
Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War

Senate tumult reflects popular discontent with Yemen War

(48Hills.com) – International relief organizations consider the conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Now, it seems, the US is paying attention. I’m on a low-budget […]

Reese Erlich

Plutocracy
Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster

Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster

Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster Five Academics Who Unleashed the “Demon” of Geopolitical Power By Alfred W. McCoy ( Tomdispatch.com ) […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Yemen
Yemen Hospital Struggles with Number of Malnourished Children

Yemen Hospital Struggles with Number of Malnourished Children

Khokha, Yemen | AFP | – Khokha (Yemen) (AFP) – Twenty Yemeni children huddle together outside Khokha hospital, hoping to be let into a clinic […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
UN General Assembly Demands Israel Relinquish Syria’s Golan Heights

UN General Assembly Demands Israel Relinquish Syria’s Golan Heights

The United Nations General Assembly approved six resolutions on Israel Friday, including a demand for Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights, ratifying Syrian sovereignty […]

TeleSur

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The Pivotal GHW Bush Presidency: How the US became Mired in the Mideast

The Pivotal GHW Bush Presidency: How the US became Mired in the Mideast

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the occasion of the death of George H. W. Bush, I’d like to reflect on the meaning of his […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
What Does Inequality Cost the Average American? About $150,000

What Does Inequality Cost the Average American? About $150,000

Americans pay a steep price for not spreading their wealth around as well as other developed countries.

Sam Pizzigati

Israel/ Palestine
Arab-Americans Condemn CNN Firing of Journalist for Supporting Palestinian Rights

Arab-Americans Condemn CNN Firing of Journalist for Supporting Palestinian Rights

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemned, in a statement, CNN’s decision against Marc Hill

Maan News Agency

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