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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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Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)

Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)

Iran’s parliament on Sunday fired the Finance Minister, Massoud Karbasian, in a severe political setback for president Hassan Rouhani. The Iranian rial has fallen dramatically […]

Juan Cole

Corporate Surveillance
Are You Ready for the Trump Admin. to Know Everything about You?

Are You Ready for the Trump Admin. to Know Everything about You?

By Judith Coburn | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, […]

Tomdispatch

prison reform
Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions

Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions

By Fizz Perkal | – (Inequality.org) – A nationwide strike takes charge at everything from slavery to sentencing. Organizers say it could be the largest […]

Inequality.org

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Admin. to Withdraw from Palestinian Refugees All Rights of Return

Trump Admin. to Withdraw from Palestinian Refugees All Rights of Return

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United States Donald Trump administration will announce a suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian […]

Maan News Agency

Climate Change
America, and the World, Cannot Afford Trump's Dirty Coal Plan

America, and the World, Cannot Afford Trump’s Dirty Coal Plan

By Daniel Fiorino | – Is climate change a problem? Consider the evidence: wildfires in California, Sweden and Siberia; flooding in coastal areas due to […]

The Conversation

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That Time the Republican Party Made McCain Black to Defeat his Presidential Bid

That Time the Republican Party Made McCain Black to Defeat his Presidential Bid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Racism is so pervasive in the United States, and white power elites work so hard to stigmatize minorities, that the […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Russian Trolls Tried to Kill Us: Hackers Stirred up anti-Vaxxers to Roil US

Russian Trolls Tried to Kill Us: Hackers Stirred up anti-Vaxxers to Roil US

Washington (AFP) – Russian trolls and bots on Twitter attempted to influence the debate over vaccine safety with the aim of sowing discord among the […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli PM Netanyahu Courting Right to Split Europe, Stop Palestinian State

Israeli PM Netanyahu Courting Right to Split Europe, Stop Palestinian State

London (Middle East Monitor) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told reporters accompanying him on his visit to Lithuania that he is seeking to […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
PLO to Trump: ‘The Rights of the Palestinian People are not for Sale’

PLO to Trump: ‘The Rights of the Palestinian People are not for Sale’

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian officials of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) responded, on Saturday, to the United States Trump administration cutting more than $200 million […]

Maan News Agency

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