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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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Sorry, Garrison Keillor:  Keith Ellison for President could have beaten Trump, and still Can

Sorry, Garrison Keillor: Keith Ellison for President could have beaten Trump, and still Can

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I am a fan of Garrison Keillor, of “Prairie Home Companion” fame. I am also a fan […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Climate Scientist Enemies List:  Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt

Climate Scientist Enemies List: Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Trump transition team reportedly asking for names of career employees at Department of […]

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Trump adviser reiterates pledge to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Trump adviser reiterates pledge to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Following up on a campaign pledge from US President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy […]

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Why do we fall for fake news?

Why do we fall for fake news?

By S. Shyam Sundar | (The Conversation) | – – In recent weeks, the amount of online fake news that circulated during the final months […]

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Syria’s Aleppo Falling: The Government Russia actually Turned

Syria’s Aleppo Falling: The Government Russia actually Turned

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – By Monday morning Syrian time, the large and important district of Shaikh Saeed in southeastern Aleppo […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian East Jerusalem Vanishing: Israeli Strategy Exposed in New Video

Palestinian East Jerusalem Vanishing: Israeli Strategy Exposed in New Video

By IMEMC | – – A new video released by the Negotiations Affairs Department, titled “East Jerusalem: Israel’s Colonial Project Unraveled,” declares that Israel’s policy […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem 1896: Incredible Footage of Jews, Muslims, Christians living under the Ottomans

Jerusalem 1896: Incredible Footage of Jews, Muslims, Christians living under the Ottomans

Nahda Productions | (Historic Video) | – – “Incredible footage of Palestine and Jerusalem from the year 1896. Muslims, Jews and Christians lived next to […]

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Authoritarianism
Life under the Junta: Deadly Explosion at Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Kills 25

Life under the Junta: Deadly Explosion at Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Kills 25

TeleSur | – – The Coptic cathedral explosion has reportedly killed 25 people and injured dozens more. A crowd gathered outside Cairo city’s biggest Coptic […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Why is the US at War in Yemen and will Trump Escalate?

Why is the US at War in Yemen and will Trump Escalate?

San Francisco ( Tomdispatch.com) | – The long national nightmare that was the 2016 presidential election is finally over. Now, we’re facing a worse terror: […]

Rebecca Gordon

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