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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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Turkey
Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to take a tough line with the West on key foreign policy issues

Fulya Ozerkan

Donald Trump
America’s other Crisis of Addiction besides Opioids:  Trump and War

America’s other Crisis of Addiction besides Opioids: Trump and War

America’s addiction crisis goes deeper than prescription drugs

Tom Engelhardt

China
Trump Trade War: China Refiner dumps US Crude, seeks Iranian Oil

Trump Trade War: China Refiner dumps US Crude, seeks Iranian Oil

China’s Dongming Petrochemical Group is dropping imports of US crude for its refineries and replacing them with oil from Iran

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel Pressures Trump over Saudi Nuclear Ambitions

Israel Pressures Trump over Saudi Nuclear Ambitions

Israel has reportedly informed the Trump Administration of several conditions it expects to be met if Saudi Arabia is to be sold reactors

Middle East Monitor

Supreme Court
With Kennedy’s Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule

With Kennedy’s Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule

Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress

Chris Winters

Israel/ Palestine
Israel bans Swedish Activist Entry after 11-month Walk to Palestine

Israel bans Swedish Activist Entry after 11-month Walk to Palestine

The Israeli authorities banned a Swedish activist from entering Palestine late Thursday when he arrived at the Jordanian-Palestinian border

Maan News Agency

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High Iranian Official insists it Will stay in Syria, to Block Israel

High Iranian Official insists it Will stay in Syria, to Block Israel

What happens when the Sunni rebels are all defeated and the Syrian Arab Army is reconstituted?

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
World to 22 mn Refugees: Only 200K of You can be Helped

World to 22 mn Refugees: Only 200K of You can be Helped

Donald Trump is at the forefront of this scandalously cruel approach to refugees. But he’s not alone.

John Feffer

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Will the Price of Oil Collapse within a Decade, Driven off Cliff by Electric Vehicles?

Will the Price of Oil Collapse within a Decade, Driven off Cliff by Electric Vehicles?

The process is already well underway

Juan Cole

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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

Israel/ Palestine

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

The Conversation

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Protesting Northwestern U’s Flawed Compulsory Training on Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitism”

Committee on Academic Freedom

Arab World

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

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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