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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
United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

by Mohamad Ali Harissi Dubai (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on […]

AFP

Yemen
Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

The United Nations (UN) warned that around 14 million Yemenis were “on the brink of a famine.”

Middle East Monitor

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Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince

Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince

Trump has dishonored the Constitution.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS

Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS

Children are usually detained in the middle of the night from their family homes, often severely beaten, and threatened

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

McGahn, who has since left the White House, advised Trump that he could face the risk of impeachment if he took such a measure

AFP

National Security State
US Planetary Military: From Failed Mideast Counter-Insurgency to Nuclear Brinkmanship

US Planetary Military: From Failed Mideast Counter-Insurgency to Nuclear Brinkmanship

Make no mistake: war with Russia would be an unnecessary disaster — and it could go nuclear.

Danny Sjursen

Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”

Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”

Cummings: “We need those documents to ensure that Ivanka Trump, (her husband) Jared Kushner and other officials are complying with federal records laws…”

AFP

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Israel Seeks to undermine US 1st Amendment, Will Sue Airbnb over Delisting WB Squatter Apts

Israel Seeks to undermine US 1st Amendment, Will Sue Airbnb over Delisting WB Squatter Apts

Airbnb, the giant online apartment rental site will delist 200 apartments of Israeli squatters on the Palestinian West Bank. The company has long been criticized […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Some Countries will have to Face 6 Climate Catastrophes at Once

Some Countries will have to Face 6 Climate Catastrophes at Once

(TeleSur) – The future risk of dealing with multiple climate impacts at once depends on geography and whether humanity succeeds in rapidly drawing down greenhouse […]

TeleSur

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“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

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Committee on Academic Freedom

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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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