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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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UAE
British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student 'Spying' Life Sentence

British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student ‘Spying’ Life Sentence

Staff at Birmingham University have voted to boycott their campuses in the Emirates

Middle East Monitor

Environmentalism
Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card

Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card

To be truly transformational, any bold green jobs proposal must be rooted in the right to organize.

Lauren Burke

Pakistan
Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

Karachi (Pakistan) (AFP) – Two policemen were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with […]

AFP

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CIA has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince planning Hit on Khashoggi: Turkish 'Hurriyet'

CIA has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince planning Hit on Khashoggi: Turkish ‘Hurriyet’

The two Saudi officials are heard in the CIA recording discussing the “discomfort” created by Khashoggi’s public criticism

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Democrats Need to Go Bold on Wages, Ed, or Why would their Big Win Matter?

Democrats Need to Go Bold on Wages, Ed, or Why would their Big Win Matter?

The party’s leaders have been far too cautious in the past. Newer ideas could spark real change in who owns and runs America.

Sam Pizzigati

UAE
United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led intervention began

AFP

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Gov’t: Crown Prince a ‘Red Line’ in Khashoggi Murder Probe

Saudi Gov’t: Crown Prince a ‘Red Line’ in Khashoggi Murder Probe

Calls for the crown prince to be held accountable for the grisly killing of Jamal Khashoggi ‘would not be tolerated.’

AFP

Climate Change
On Thanksgiving, We must confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs

On Thanksgiving, We must confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs

Revised for 2018 By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges”

AFP

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