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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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Israel/ Palestine
The Women of Gaza and the Great March of Return

The Women of Gaza and the Great March of Return

Why Palestine’s Feminists are Fighting on Two Fronts

Fadi Abu Shammala

Yemen
Yemen:  US won’t stop UAE from Launching “Bloody, Prolonged” Battle for Hodeida

Yemen: US won’t stop UAE from Launching “Bloody, Prolonged” Battle for Hodeida

Pro-government forces fighting Yemen’s Huthi rebels are sending reinforcements towards the port of Hodeida, military sources said Tuesday

Fawaz al-Haidari

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If Obama had met with Kim Jong Un, the Republican Party would have had a Cow

If Obama had met with Kim Jong Un, the Republican Party would have had a Cow

The depths of hypocrisy of the Republican Party in supporting Trump’s meeting with the North Korean dictator in Singapore are hard to plumb

Juan Cole

Syria
Nearly 1 Mn. Syrians made Homeless Already this Year, & UN Fears 2 Mn. to Come

Nearly 1 Mn. Syrians made Homeless Already this Year, & UN Fears 2 Mn. to Come

More than 920,000 people were displaced inside Syria during the first four months of 2018

Nina Larson

Immigration
Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses for Refugee Children

Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses for Refugee Children

The newest plank of immigration enforcement? Kidnapping children and piling them into detention centers.

Peter Certo

Displaced and Refugees
“Death Sentence:” Dems Slam Sessions’ Denial of Asylum to Gang, Abuse Victims

“Death Sentence:” Dems Slam Sessions’ Denial of Asylum to Gang, Abuse Victims

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Monday that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum

Paul Handley

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Everyday Economic Violence Toward Palestinians in Gaza

Israel’s Everyday Economic Violence Toward Palestinians in Gaza

We cannot wait for the next massacre to call out the insidious economic violence being waged on Palestinians

Harry Blain

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After What Trump did to Iran and Canada, why Should N Korea trust Talks with Him?

After What Trump did to Iran and Canada, why Should N Korea trust Talks with Him?

His word is meaningless

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Crackpot Anti-Muslim Bigotry takes over the US Government

Crackpot Anti-Muslim Bigotry takes over the US Government

The far-right project of mainstreaming Islamophobia has proven successful, at least in part due to media complicity

Arnold R. Isaacs

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