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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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Congress
Bipartisan House Vote Amends Pentagon Funding to forbid Trump to attack Iran

Bipartisan House Vote Amends Pentagon Funding to forbid Trump to attack Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ed Kilgore at New York Magazine reports that the House of Representatives has passed the National Defense Authorization Act with […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why his 'Deal of the Century' Failed: Kushner tried to Bribe the World to Liquidate the Palestinian Nation

Why his ‘Deal of the Century’ Failed: Kushner tried to Bribe the World to Liquidate the Palestinian Nation

The Palestinian president brags that he thwarted the Bahrain workshop, and accordingly, or before the workshop, the deal of the century, while his supporters boast […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
If Antarctica Melts, Seas will Rise a Gigantic 190 Feet;  It has Started Losing Ice Rapidly

If Antarctica Melts, Seas will Rise a Gigantic 190 Feet; It has Started Losing Ice Rapidly

By Nerilie Abram, Matthew England, and Matt King | – A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Majority of US Veterans doubt Value of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria Wars: Pew

Majority of US Veterans doubt Value of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria Wars: Pew

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Pew Research Center opinion poll conducted among 1,284 veterans who had served since 2001 (which also polled 1,087 American […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Juan Cole on the Prophet Muhammad in War and Peace (Emir-Stein Center Video)

Juan Cole on the Prophet Muhammad in War and Peace (Emir-Stein Center Video)

Emir-Stein Center | Juan Cole on Muhammad | – Click below to go to YouTube and watch a 7-minute video–with maps, historical graphics and animation– […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran in Crosshairs Again: It is Always - Always - about the Oil

Iran in Crosshairs Again: It is Always – Always – about the Oil

By Michael T. Klare | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – It’s always the oil. While President Trump was hobnobbing with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]

Michael T. Klare

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows Never to dismantle Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Israeli PM Netanyahu vows Never to dismantle Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed never to dismantle Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Speaking yesterday at an event in the […]

Middle East Monitor

European Union
180 Gigs of Offshore Wind: Europe May Build 10 Artificial North Sea "Energy Islands"

180 Gigs of Offshore Wind: Europe May Build 10 Artificial North Sea “Energy Islands”

By Kennedy Nyavaya | – Several European grid operators have proposed to build at least ten artificial “energy islands” as wind power hubs in the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Far Right
Why Tucker Carlson is Wrong to attack Ilhan Omar for her Dissent

Why Tucker Carlson is Wrong to attack Ilhan Omar for her Dissent

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tucker Carlson has veered further and further toward unadorned white nationalism as Rupert Murdoch’s declining “Fox News” has failed to […]

Juan Cole

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