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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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Iran
Iran's leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?

Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?

( The Conversation) – Iran’s announcement last Sunday that it would break the limit on uranium enrichment agreed to in the nuclear deal with world […]

Shahram Akbarzadeh

Donald Trump
Don't Expect Trump to do a North Korean-style Pivot in his Relations with Iran

Don’t Expect Trump to do a North Korean-style Pivot in his Relations with Iran

Originally published in Hankyoreh. (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – It was not very long ago that Donald Trump was calling North Korean leader Kim […]

John Feffer

Climate Change
Next, Our Food:  Climate Emergency Reducing Crop Yields, Global Food Supplies

Next, Our Food: Climate Emergency Reducing Crop Yields, Global Food Supplies

By Deepak Ray | – Farmers are used to dealing with weather, but climate change is making it harder by altering temperature and rainfall patterns, […]

The Conversation

Dance
Dunked On'em: Nicki Minaj Pulls out of Saudi Concert over Women's, LGBTQ, Free Speech Rights

Dunked On’em: Nicki Minaj Pulls out of Saudi Concert over Women’s, LGBTQ, Free Speech Rights

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trinidadian-American rap superstar Onika Tanya Maraj, known as “Nicki Minaj” has pulled out of Jidda World Fest scheduled in Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria: US Coalition needs to Reimburse Civilians for Thousands of Innocents Killed and Massive Property Destruction in fight against ISIL

Syria: US Coalition needs to Reimburse Civilians for Thousands of Innocents Killed and Massive Property Destruction in fight against ISIL

First Public ‘Condolence’ Payment Provides Way Forward

Human Rights Watch

Pentagon
Wars R Us:  Our Best and Brightest have Warned us of Pentagon Propaganda Machine

Wars R Us: Our Best and Brightest have Warned us of Pentagon Propaganda Machine

(Tomsdispatch.com ) – Put up with me for just a moment while I wax literary. It turns out that, if French novelist Marcel Proust lived […]

William J. Astore

China
China Backs Iran: Trump 'Started the Fire,' 'unilateral bullying' 'a tumor'

China Backs Iran: Trump ‘Started the Fire,’ ‘unilateral bullying’ ‘a tumor’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China is openly blaming the Trump administration for the breakdown of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?

Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?

By Sevgi Yagmur Bulut | – The ruling party is no longer in charge of the largest municipality In the end it was easy. Ekrem […]

Global Voices

Donald Trump
The 'inept' Mr Trump – and the Lost Art of the Diplomatic Cable

The ‘inept’ Mr Trump – and the Lost Art of the Diplomatic Cable

(Al-Bab.com) – The point of diplomatic cables, and the cause of excitement when they are leaked, is that they are meant to be private – […]

Brian Whitaker

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