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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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Islam-hatred
Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties

Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties

By Raed Jarrar | ( Otherwords.org) Both Democrats and Republicans are spreading the same Islamophobic message: you're either with us, or you're against us. On […]

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Authoritarianism
Endangering the Planet:  Populist New Right opposes Climate Action as much as Immigration

Endangering the Planet: Populist New Right opposes Climate Action as much as Immigration

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters

Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Thursday evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the neighborhood of Saadiya in […]

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Trump-inspired felon allegedly torches Ft. Pierce FL Mosque, says “All Islam is radical”

Trump-inspired felon allegedly torches Ft. Pierce FL Mosque, says “All Islam is radical”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Joseph Michael Schreiber stands accused of having carried out an arson attack against a mosque in […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US

Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US

Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – On Sept. 12, a new cease-fire took effect in Syria. With a lull in fighting, some […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy

Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian economy remains “worrying” as growth stagnation, delays in aid delivery, and Israeli restrictions continue […]

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Barack Obama
Obama has one last Chance to remedy his Colossal Failure on Palestine/Israel

Obama has one last Chance to remedy his Colossal Failure on Palestine/Israel

By Carl Bildt | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – STOCKHOLM – Next year marks the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, the British statement […]

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Bill of Rights
Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were 'Necessary, Vital Things'

Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were ‘Necessary, Vital Things’

by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – ‘I think when people look at the calculations of benefit, it is clear that in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Right-wing Israeli ministers meet with Facebook to discuss censoring ‘anti-Semitic incitement’

Right-wing Israeli ministers meet with Facebook to discuss censoring ‘anti-Semitic incitement’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two right-wing Israeli ministers reportedly met with top Facebook executives on Monday in an effort to […]

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