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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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Displaced and Refugees
Persecution and the threat to the refugee system

Persecution and the threat to the refugee system

By Brad K. Blitz | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – We need to accept that for millions of refugees persecution is the principal reason for flight […]

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Bush
Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow

Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s shameful halt to the admission of refugees for 6 months and his 3-month pause in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New report reveals top Israeli official living in illegal colonial settlement

New report reveals top Israeli official living in illegal colonial settlement

IMEMC News | – – An Israeli Finance Minister, who is in charge of implementing a law to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank, […]

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Donald Trump
Trump sees Press as Public Enemy No. 1 – Reporters w/out Borders

Trump sees Press as Public Enemy No. 1 – Reporters w/out Borders

By IPS News Desk | – – ROME (IPS) – “Alarmed” by the new administration’s “repeated attacks on the media and blatant disregard for facts […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy

Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy

By Phyllis Bennis | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – Already Trump is super-charging U.S. militarism, gutting diplomacy, and punishing the victims […]

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Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)

Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I told this story back in 2005 but it is a good story, has held up, […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
From Ugly American to American Bully

From Ugly American to American Bully

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I came of age during America’s Cold War with the Soviet Union, witnessing its […]

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Donald Trump
How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass

How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about […]

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astronomy and outer space
US Government Scientists Go 'Rogue' in Defiance of Trump

US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump

TeleSur | – – Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. […]

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