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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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The GOP is after Kerry for Iran Meetings, but has a Long History of  Covert Foreign Scandals

The GOP is after Kerry for Iran Meetings, but has a Long History of Covert Foreign Scandals

Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and now Florida Senator Mario Rubio this week attacked former Secretary of State John Kerry for meeting with Iranian […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Poet whom Israel Imprisoned for her Resistance Verse finally Released from Jail

Palestinian Poet whom Israel Imprisoned for her Resistance Verse finally Released from Jail

Tatour was released after serving a fraction of her five month sentences for ‘inciting violence’ and ‘supporting terrorism.’

TeleSur

Climate Change
Methane is a Monster Global Heating Gas: Trump just ordered EPA to Kill Limits on its Emissions

Methane is a Monster Global Heating Gas: Trump just ordered EPA to Kill Limits on its Emissions

The White House wants to clear the way for frackers to release more methane, which poisons communities and torches the climate.

Olivia Alperstein

China
Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor

Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor

Islamabad (AFP) – Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan, its information minister said […]

AFP

Donald Trump
A Wall Across the Sahara Desert?  Trump's Advice to Spain

A Wall Across the Sahara Desert? Trump’s Advice to Spain

Trump is believed to have made the comment on building a wall when Borrell accompanied King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the White House in […]

TeleSur

Donald Trump
Trump:  The Final Victory of the Big Lie?

Trump: The Final Victory of the Big Lie?

(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s easy — and not wrong — to think that truth is in dire danger in the era of Donald Trump. His own […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

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Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah

Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual State Department report on terrorism says that terrorist attacks were down by 23% world wide in 2017. The […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Dear Kavanaugh Defenders: Time Doesn’t Erase Youthful Crimes, Especially for People of Color

Dear Kavanaugh Defenders: Time Doesn’t Erase Youthful Crimes, Especially for People of Color

By Eileen M. Ahlin | (The Conversation) | – The accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, made by California professor Christine […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?

Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?

I wrote in my column on Sunday, “Manafort’s Plea Deal is a Constitutional Crisis, we Just don’t Know it Yet:” Manafort has to give to […]

Juan Cole

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