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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

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Top 5 Questions about Kushner's back channel to Moscow

Top 5 Questions about Kushner’s back channel to Moscow

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a meeting with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the US, WaPo reveals that Jared […]

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Environment
Retraining Workers for Climate Action:  How the Light Gets In

Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – Every now and then I re-visit these lines of the Canadian poet and songwriter, Leonard Cohen: […]

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Far Right
Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News

Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News

By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | – – The founder of the right-wing network inflicted harm on the body politic that may be impossible […]

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Donald Trump
Comeygate: How Orwell can Explain why Trump keeps Changing his Story

Comeygate: How Orwell can Explain why Trump keeps Changing his Story

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – The Trump administration seems intent on tossing recent history down the memory hole. Admittedly, Americans have […]

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Climate Change
Only Putin is happy with Trump's NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe

Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist […]

Juan Cole

Belgium
Thousands protest against Trump in ‘hellhole’ Brussels

Thousands protest against Trump in ‘hellhole’ Brussels

EurActiv.com | – – Thousands of protesters carrying effigies of Donald Trump marched through Brussels on Wednesday (24 May) after the US president arrived for […]

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Human Rights
Iran: Does the Rouhani Win Matter for Human Rights?

Iran: Does the Rouhani Win Matter for Human Rights?

By Tara Sepehri Far. | ( Human Rights Watch ) | – – In Second Term, Should Move on Rights Reforms When the 2017 election […]

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Iran
What Iranian women want: rights, jobs and a seat at the table

What Iranian women want: rights, jobs and a seat at the table

By Azadeh Davachi | (The Conversation) | – – Issues affecting women were conspicuously absent from Iran’s 2017 presidential election. That’s unless one finds useful […]

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Arab Americans
US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions

US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions

By Daniel Korschun, Boryana V Dimitrova, and Yoto V. Yotov | (The Conversation) | – – U.S. News and World Report recently published its annual […]

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