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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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Trump's Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee

Trump’s Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee

By Walden Bello | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – Trump’s ban isn’t about national security. It’s about race, religion, and cultural […]

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Trump's Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

Trump’s Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump on Monday continued to troll the world, this time by alleging at CENTCOM that the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Israel’s parliament has passed a law to legalise about 4,000 squatter homes built on privately […]

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Donald Trump
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | – – WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has […]

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Donald Trump
Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | – – I’m a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s […]

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Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

TeleSur | – – “An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor,” […]

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Culture
"This Land:"  The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time

“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – By beginning with Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” and then switching to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land […]

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Authoritarianism
Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?

Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?

By Allison Beth Hodgkins | (Informed Comment) | – – You have to hand to the civil society groups pushing back on the Trump administration’s […]

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Arab Americans
Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump

Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump

By Barbara Elias | (Informed Comment) | – – For the moment, federal courts have interrupted the president’s immigration order. Judge Robart remarked in his […]

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