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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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Who’s most innovative of all? Not Israel, says Bloomberg

Who’s most innovative of all? Not Israel, says Bloomberg

This year’s Global Innovation Quotient furnishes a reality check for the Start-Up Nation

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AKP winning perception war

AKP winning perception war

Erdogan has been surprisingly successful in framing the graft probe in his favor, while purging the bureaucracy on an unprecedented scale.

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Arab Spring
3 Years Later,  Young Bloggers who made the Tahrir Revolution are in Jail

3 Years Later, Young Bloggers who made the Tahrir Revolution are in Jail

The military “interim government” in Egypt is cracking down on virtually all meaningful form of assembly, association, or opposition. Following the passage of a November 2013 law banning peaceful protest, dozens of activists and organizers have…

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Iraq
CSI Baghdad:  Why don't Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?

CSI Baghdad: Why don’t Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?

(By Mustafa Habib, Baghdad) It is estimated that around 250 car bombs exploded in Baghdad last year. This year the numbers are climbing and bombers’ […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Death toll of Obama's Drone Campaign 5 Years Later:  2,400

Death toll of Obama’s Drone Campaign 5 Years Later: 2,400

(By Jack Serle) Obama has launched over 390 covert drone strikes in his first five years in office Five years ago, on January 23 2009, […]

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Arab Spring
On eve of Revolution Anniversary, Cairo Shaken by deadly Bombings

On eve of Revolution Anniversary, Cairo Shaken by deadly Bombings

(By Juan Cole) Two bombings shook the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Friday morning. The first was apparently a car bomb detonated at 5:30 am that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Top Ten Ways GOP could avoid "War on Women" Label

Top Ten Ways GOP could avoid “War on Women” Label

(By Juan Cole) Mike Huckabee objects to the charge that the Republican Party is waging a war on women. The GOP obviously is increasingly a […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel and Saudi Arabia on Same page re: Keeping Iran a Pariah

Israel and Saudi Arabia on Same page re: Keeping Iran a Pariah

(Via Globalpost) Iran: The one issue Israel and Saudi Arabia can openly agree on (via GlobalPost) Enlarge An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
World was Hot Again in 2013; Australia, others, Hottest on Record

World was Hot Again in 2013; Australia, others, Hottest on Record

NEW YORK, New York, January 21, 2014 (ENS) – The year 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since recordkeeping began in 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures, NASA scientists said today. NASA’s Goddard…

Juan Cole

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