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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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Donald Trump
New Zealand: Is Trumpism now replacing ISIL as a major Cause of Stochastic Terrorism?

New Zealand: Is Trumpism now replacing ISIL as a major Cause of Stochastic Terrorism?

This phenomenon of white nationalists inspired to violence by Trump is hardly new or unusual

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
White Supremacist Gang Massacres Innocent Muslims in N. Zealand; PM: The Muslim Victims "are us"

White Supremacist Gang Massacres Innocent Muslims in N. Zealand; PM: The Muslim Victims “are us”

Christchurch (AFP) – The mosques were packed with worshippers gathering for Friday afternoon prayers, and members of the Bangladesh cricket team were arriving when the […]

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Syria
The Syrian Civil War Exiled Millions and Produced ISIL; But how did it Start?

The Syrian Civil War Exiled Millions and Produced ISIL; But how did it Start?

Demonstrations often began at mosques not because they were led by Islamic extremists, but because mosques were the only place where people could legally gather

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Can Global Youth Revolt force the Trump Generation to tackle Climate Crisis?

Can Global Youth Revolt force the Trump Generation to tackle Climate Crisis?

One of these days, we might even have an actual national debate about global heating

Tomdispatch

Bernie Sanders
In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen

Thousands of children have starved and 16 million persons are food insecure in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Juan Cole

Plutocracy
Jared Kushner is Poster Boy for Elite Universities' Pay to Play Scandal

Jared Kushner is Poster Boy for Elite Universities’ Pay to Play Scandal

Kushner gained admission to Harvard University in 1998 after his father made a legal $2.5 million donation to the school

AFP

Egypt
What do Lonely Hearts Columns tell us about Social Crises in the Arab World?

What do Lonely Hearts Columns tell us about Social Crises in the Arab World?

On one side, they had to project strict enough observance to compete with the radicals, while on the other they were careful not to offend

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Israel/ Palestine
The Year of the People: The Untold Story of Gaza’s ‘March of Return’

The Year of the People: The Untold Story of Gaza’s ‘March of Return’

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza did not risk their lives over the last year simply because they required urgent medicine and food supplies

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Could the Climate Crisis Spark a Global Financial Meltdown Worse than 2008?

Could the Climate Crisis Spark a Global Financial Meltdown Worse than 2008?

We must broaden our conversations to include the increasing integration of insurance and finance

The Conversation

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