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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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As Climate Emergency Worsens, Freak Lightning Storm sends Snow, Scorpion Plague on Egypt's Aswan

As Climate Emergency Worsens, Freak Lightning Storm sends Snow, Scorpion Plague on Egypt’s Aswan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – How freakish and biblical our climate emergency could become was illustrated this week in the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
To Tackle Climate Change, Hold Fossil Fuel Conglomerates Accountable

To Tackle Climate Change, Hold Fossil Fuel Conglomerates Accountable

By Samantha Garcia | – ( Inequality.org) – Since the Industrial Revolution, the United States has single-handedly accounted for a quarter of all CO2 emissions […]

Inequality.org

Inequality
Wealthy Americans Get Paid Leave. Shouldn’t the Rest?

Wealthy Americans Get Paid Leave. Shouldn’t the Rest?

By Sarah Anderson | – ( Otherwords.org) – The fight to guarantee paid sick time and family leave faces an uphill battle, but advocates aren’t […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
Top 5 Things you need to Know about the Glasgow Climate Pact

Top 5 Things you need to Know about the Glasgow Climate Pact

By Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin | – The COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow have finished and the gavel has come down on the […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Good Climate News: US will increase Solar Power by nearly 50% in 2022, and add 29 Gigawatts of Wind

Good Climate News: US will increase Solar Power by nearly 50% in 2022, and add 29 Gigawatts of Wind

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Both at COP26 and in the U.S. Congress, a lot of attention is rightly focused on what governments are doing […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
As Activists sue, Judges are not waiting on Politicians to rule against Carbon Emissions

As Activists sue, Judges are not waiting on Politicians to rule against Carbon Emissions

By Isabel Sutton | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – A string of landmark rulings forcing governments to step up emission cuts have turned the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Top 5 Loopholes left by COP26 for Big Carbon that need to be Closed

Top 5 Loopholes left by COP26 for Big Carbon that need to be Closed

By Jeremy Moss | – For the Glasgow climate summit to be judged a success, a key outcome had to be that parties agree the […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
After Unprecedented Wildfires, Turkey finally ratifies the Paris Climate Accord, sets 2053 to Eliminate Carbon Emissions

After Unprecedented Wildfires, Turkey finally ratifies the Paris Climate Accord, sets 2053 to Eliminate Carbon Emissions

Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( Globalvoices.org) – More than five years after signing it, Turkey has become the final G20 member state to ratify the […]

Global Voices

Donald Trump
In Irrational COVID Policy, is there any Difference between Republicans and  Iran's Ayatollahs?

In Irrational COVID Policy, is there any Difference between Republicans and Iran’s Ayatollahs?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – David Axe at the Daily Beast reports on what he says is very bad news for the US red states […]

Juan Cole

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“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

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