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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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Foreign Policy
Trump’s Backward Foreign Policy: Seeing China as a threat but ignoring Russian Interference

Trump’s Backward Foreign Policy: Seeing China as a threat but ignoring Russian Interference

The issues in controversy between the US and China do not, after all, threaten national security

Mel Gurtov

Muslim Brotherhood
Why Trump can't ban the Muslim Brotherhood without Damaging Democratic Prospects

Why Trump can’t ban the Muslim Brotherhood without Damaging Democratic Prospects

That many branches of the Muslim Brotherhood are interested in competing as parties in parliamentary systems poses a severe challenge to the authoritarian status quo in Saudi Arabia

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Islam
Muslims need an Alternative Political Paradigm

Muslims need an Alternative Political Paradigm

The abuse of Islam and its teachings by radical groups like Daesh [ISIL] and Al Qaeda is a reality that no one can ignore

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Conspiracy-Theorist-in-Chief Trump Tweetstorms the Far Right after Facebook Deplatformed Them

Conspiracy-Theorist-in-Chief Trump Tweetstorms the Far Right after Facebook Deplatformed Them

Despite sharp rise in white nationalist violence toward minorities

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Biden vs. Bernie—a Foreign Policy Faceoff

Biden vs. Bernie—a Foreign Policy Faceoff

Supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden praise him as a man with extensive foreign policy experience. He’s living proof, however, that extensive doesn’t necessarily […]

Reese Erlich

Rape
White Nationalism is a Lost Cause in an Increasingly Rainbow America

White Nationalism is a Lost Cause in an Increasingly Rainbow America

The U.S. will never be a white country again

The Conversation

Feminism
Can Feminist Foreign Policy make us More Secure and our Societies more Just?

Can Feminist Foreign Policy make us More Secure and our Societies more Just?

By Kristina Lunz, Nina Bernarding | – ( Heinrich Boll Stiftung) – Introduction: Kristina Lunz and Nina Bernarding, who are leading the Centre for Feminist […]

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Climate Change
Tipping Point:  For 1st Time in US History, Renewables made more Electricity than Coal in April

Tipping Point: For 1st Time in US History, Renewables made more Electricity than Coal in April

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Avery Thompson Popular Mechanics reports that in the month of April for the first time in US history, the country […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?

Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?

Trump is a vulgar libertine with overwhelming support from evangelicals

The Conversation

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

Juan Cole

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

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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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