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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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Israeli Snipers Kill 40 Children, send 3,000 to Hospital in Year of Gaza Border Protests

Israeli Snipers Kill 40 Children, send 3,000 to Hospital in Year of Gaza Border Protests

“UNICEF reiterates its outrage at the very high numbers of children who have been killed and injured as a result of armed conflict 2018”

AFP

Donald Trump
Naked Truth: The Grifter-in-Chief will Leave us Bankrupt and Holding the Bag

Naked Truth: The Grifter-in-Chief will Leave us Bankrupt and Holding the Bag

Donald Trump wasn’t actually a successful businessman at all, but a classic American con man

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Embrace of War-Crimes Tactics Leaves 200 Dead, Thousands of Largely Peaceful Gaza Protesters Disabled

Israeli Embrace of War-Crimes Tactics Leaves 200 Dead, Thousands of Largely Peaceful Gaza Protesters Disabled

Baz, then 29, said he had been standing a couple of hundred metres from the border fence for only about a half an hour when an Israeli sniper’s bullet pierced his leg.

AFP

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How Trump Just Gave Alabama to Iraq by Giving Syrian Golan to Israel

How Trump Just Gave Alabama to Iraq by Giving Syrian Golan to Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration’s illegal and unilateral recognition of Israeli annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights is an unfortunate return to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Imposes Collective Punishment on Gaza Civilians Leaves Dozens Homeless after Tel Aviv Strikes

Israel Imposes Collective Punishment on Gaza Civilians Leaves Dozens Homeless after Tel Aviv Strikes

The UN has warned that the besieged Palestinian territory could become “uninhabitable” by 2020

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine
PLO's Erekat: 'Israeli Annexation of the West Bank up next'

PLO’s Erekat: ‘Israeli Annexation of the West Bank up next’

“Hope for peace, no more.”

Maan News Agency

Health Care
Trump is Coming for your Health Care, Will Re-institute Exclusion for Pre-Existing Conditions

Trump is Coming for your Health Care, Will Re-institute Exclusion for Pre-Existing Conditions

“Democrats will continue to fight relentlessly to protect people with pre-existing conditions and to deliver lower health costs” – Pelosi

AFP

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The Ilhan Omar Effect?  50% of Americans now favor a Palestinian State (Gallup)

The Ilhan Omar Effect? 50% of Americans now favor a Palestinian State (Gallup)

The cruelty of Israeli occupation and Apartheid is also having an impact

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Not So Fast... Could Trump still be Impeached for Obstruction of Justice?

Not So Fast… Could Trump still be Impeached for Obstruction of Justice?

Legally, obstruction can still occur in the absence of a crime. Trump might have interfered in investigations to protect members of his inner circle.

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