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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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"Get out of my Country!" White Terrorist Shoots Asian-American Engineers in Wake of Trump Visa Ban

“Get out of my Country!” White Terrorist Shoots Asian-American Engineers in Wake of Trump Visa Ban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It is alleged that Adam W. Purinton, a regular at a bar and grill, went up […]

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Did David Brooks & the NeoCons pave the Way for Trump?

Did David Brooks & the NeoCons pave the Way for Trump?

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this […]

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Self-Radicalized?  US ‘Moderate’ and Far Right at CPAC

Self-Radicalized? US ‘Moderate’ and Far Right at CPAC

TeleSur | – – Although the so-called “moderate” right wishes to distance itself from the far right, the list of speakers at the CPAC conference […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Film about Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians wins top award in Berlin

Film about Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians wins top award in Berlin

IMEMC | – – A film depicting the torture, humiliation and violence experienced by Palestinians imprisoned by Israel won the first ever “Silver Bear” award […]

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Buyers' Remorse:  Americans think Trump is bad at almost Everything

Buyers’ Remorse: Americans think Trump is bad at almost Everything

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The vast majority of Americans in a new Quinnipiac opinion poll do not believe that Donald […]

Juan Cole

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Red state rural America is acting on climate change – without calling it climate change

Red state rural America is acting on climate change – without calling it climate change

By Rebecca J. Romsdahl | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump has the environmental community understandably concerned. He and members of his Cabinet […]

Juan Cole

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Trump v. Islam

Trump v. Islam

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Trump the businessman is at war with Trump the ideologue over the question of […]

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Is Israel’s Netanyahu running Rings around the inexperienced Trump?

Is Israel’s Netanyahu running Rings around the inexperienced Trump?

By Avi Shlaim | (Via OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Trump is unencumbered by any knowledge of the Palestinians, their history, their politics, or their […]

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Trump endangering rest of Us to hunt down the Law-Abiding Undocumented

Trump endangering rest of Us to hunt down the Law-Abiding Undocumented

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Gen. John Kelly’s ramping up of deportation measures against undocumented residents of the US, in accordance […]

Juan Cole

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