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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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How the Jurassic Park Franchise changed the real world of ancient DNA Research

How the Jurassic Park Franchise changed the real world of ancient DNA Research

By Elizabeth Jones | (The Conversation) | – – The park is almost open. Two decades on and Jurassic Park has morphed into Jurassic World, […]

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Climate Change
Wind Power rapidly bringing Clean Electricity to masses in Global South

Wind Power rapidly bringing Clean Electricity to masses in Global South

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Google is in talks to invest in Kenya’s enormous Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which will […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
House Deals Major Blow to Obama's Secret Asian Trade Agenda

House Deals Major Blow to Obama’s Secret Asian Trade Agenda

By Maira Sutton | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The Senate’s Fast Track bill package failed in the House today, following a landslide vote […]

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Children
Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War

Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War

By Belkis Wille | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The deliberate targeting of schools has become a flashpoint in the war between Yemen’s […]

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Acidification of Oceans
World's Richest Nations at G7 Imperil Earth by Slow CO2 Reductions

World’s Richest Nations at G7 Imperil Earth by Slow CO2 Reductions

By Lucy Cadena | (Inter Press Service) | – LONDON (IPS) – One of the promises made by the leaders of the world’s seven richest […]

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Dissent
Tens of thousands participate in Israel's annual gay pride Parade

Tens of thousands participate in Israel’s annual gay pride Parade

AFP | (Video Report) | – – “Tens of thousands of people turned out on Friday for Israel’s annual Gay Pride parade, dancing in the […]

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Druze
Al-Qaeda in Syria rubs out 23 members of Druze Religious Minority, Persecutes Others

Al-Qaeda in Syria rubs out 23 members of Druze Religious Minority, Persecutes Others

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The al-Qaeda-linked Support Front has murdered 23 men from a single Druze clan in Qalb Lawzah, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Pharrell Williams to G7:  Green Energy is a Jobs Issue for unemployed Youth

Pharrell Williams to G7: Green Energy is a Jobs Issue for unemployed Youth

Pharrell Williams | (The Guardian Video) | – – “Pharrell WIlliams, the Grammy award-winning artist makes an impassioned plea for green jobs to be put […]

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Iraq
Has US started Arming Iraq's Shiite Militias against ISIL/ Daesh?

Has US started Arming Iraq’s Shiite Militias against ISIL/ Daesh?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) The hostility between the US and Iraq’s Shiite militias seems to have slowed. One leading militia member even went […]

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