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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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Russians Troll Trump, release Photos of Meeting

Russians Troll Trump, release Photos of Meeting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – CNN says White House officials were furious on Wednesday when the Russian press (the only journalists […]

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Environment
Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed

Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed

TeleSur | – – Even before it is fully operational, and after months of demonstrations by Indigenous and environmental groups that warned of the same, […]

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Donald Trump
Are we Monsters?

Are we Monsters?

By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | – – We are a failed country because we have lost our compassion and sense of community. Warner […]

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Afghanistan
How America’s Myth of the Infallible Generals gets us in Trouble

How America’s Myth of the Infallible Generals gets us in Trouble

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – More, more, more. I was guilty of it myself.  Commanding a small cavalry troop of about […]

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Authoritarianism
The Sadism of creeping Dictatorship

The Sadism of creeping Dictatorship

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the classic techniques of dictatorship is humiliation, a manifestation of the sadism of the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is Trump Palestine’s New Hope?

Is Trump Palestine’s New Hope?

Daoud Kuttab. | (Project Syndicate) | – – RAMALLAH – On his recent visit to Washington, DC, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas surprised many by heaping […]

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Climate Change
Also Fired:  Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board

Also Fired: Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board

Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian | ( The Young Turks) | (Video Report) | – – “Scott Pruitt has let go of scientists and replaced […]

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Climate Change
China cancelled 100 Coal Plants but Trump going the other Way

China cancelled 100 Coal Plants but Trump going the other Way

By Oscar Reyes | (Otherwords.org) | – – States that invest in renewables are reaping the rewards. Those that stick to coal are faltering. When […]

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Feminism
Are Feminism and Islam Mutually Exclusive?  Fighting Hislam

Are Feminism and Islam Mutually Exclusive? Fighting Hislam

By Susan Carland | (The Conversation) | – – Islam is not unique in having theological interpretations that centre on men. Christian, Jewish and Buddhist […]

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