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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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Colonialism
What does the World look like from Somalia? Explaining why Ilhan Omar Scares the Horses in DC

What does the World look like from Somalia? Explaining why Ilhan Omar Scares the Horses in DC

Racist hierarchies and segregation, crushing wars of conquest, the disruption and displacement of entire regions

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Why Critics of the Green New Deal are Just Plain Wrong

Why Critics of the Green New Deal are Just Plain Wrong

Carbon pricing isn’t the only game in town

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Forgotten Palestinian Women of Jerusalem Struggling for their Rights as World Commemorated Women

Forgotten Palestinian Women of Jerusalem Struggling for their Rights as World Commemorated Women

Among the most prominent violations of women by Israel is their arbitrary detention

Middle East Monitor

Haredim
On Int’l Women’s Day, Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Assault Women of the Wailing Wall

On Int’l Women’s Day, Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Assault Women of the Wailing Wall

Sources confirmed that two members were injured and received necessary medical treatment

Maan News Agency

Archaeology
For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

For Int’l Women’s Day, via OCIANA a Safaitic Arabic inscription [c. 1-400 AD], by a wealthy woman calling on two goddesses for peace: “By Shamat […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Millionaire "Justice": 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort's Hiding Millions

Millionaire “Justice”: 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort’s Hiding Millions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was given 47 months in prison for his crimes on Thursday, in a jaw-dropping ruling […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

Geneva (Human Rights Watch) – A joint statement by 36 countries on March 7, 2019 calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to

Sarah Gertler

Christianity
Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

Even as these Baptist leaders claimed their movement was about the Bible, they specifically targeted women<

The Conversation

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