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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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World Bank Warns of Total Collapse of Economy in Gaza

World Bank Warns of Total Collapse of Economy in Gaza

IMEMC | — The World Bank will be presenting a report to the bi-annual Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting on May 27, 2015 in […]

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Bashar al-Assad
ISIL beheaded Dozens in Palmyra, but how Strategic is the City?

ISIL beheaded Dozens in Palmyra, but how Strategic is the City?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Nearly 500 people died in the campaign by Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) to take the Syrian city of […]

Juan Cole

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TPP and Fast Track Harm Web Creativity and Users' Rights:  Tech Companies to Congress

TPP and Fast Track Harm Web Creativity and Users’ Rights: Tech Companies to Congress

By Maira Sutton | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – In a In a joint letter to Congress released this week, more than 250 technology companies […]

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Barack Obama
Obama: Climate change deniers endanger national security

Obama: Climate change deniers endanger national security

WTNH News8 | (Video) – “President Barack Obama says climate change deniers are endangering national security.” WTNH News8 “Obama: Climate change deniers endanger national security”

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Bashar al-Assad
As Palmyra Falls, Who Supports Bashar al-Assad in Syria? (Charles Glass)

As Palmyra Falls, Who Supports Bashar al-Assad in Syria? (Charles Glass)

VICE News | (Video) “VICE News and the New York Review of Books have partnered to create Talking Heads, a series about the big issues […]

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Apartheid

Digital Militarism: Israel’s Occupation in the Social Media Age

by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary — Q & A with REBECCA STEIN: Digital Militarism: Israel’s Occupation in the Social Media Age (Stanford University Press, […]

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Washington asks, "Who lost Ramadi?" But Washington never had Ramadi

Washington asks, “Who lost Ramadi?” But Washington never had Ramadi

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — The inside-the-Beltway debate set off by the fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to Daesh (ISIS, […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israel: Court Permits Discriminatory Evictions of Palestinian-Israeli Villagers

Israel: Court Permits Discriminatory Evictions of Palestinian-Israeli Villagers

Human Rights Watch | – Arab Villages in Israel, West Bank Face New Displacement (Jerusalem) – Separate Israeli Supreme Court decisions issued on May 5, […]

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Environment
Solar, Wind don't do this:  21,000 Gallons of Oil Stain Santa Barbara, CA Coastline

Solar, Wind don’t do this: 21,000 Gallons of Oil Stain Santa Barbara, CA Coastline

By Nicholas Sirianno | (Mountain Weekly News) — About 25 miles north of Santa Barbara, CA Refugio State Beach, a quiet white-sand surf and popular […]

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