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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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Israel/ Palestine
Do Israel Pharmaceutical Firms Test Medicines on Palestinian Prisoners?

Do Israel Pharmaceutical Firms Test Medicines on Palestinian Prisoners?

Last week, Israeli authorities refused to hand over the body of Fares Baroud

Middle East Monitor

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Netanyahu to be Indicted on Bribery, Fraud, Press Tampering: Israeli AG

Netanyahu to be Indicted on Bribery, Fraud, Press Tampering: Israeli AG

Netanyahu’s thuggish threats and sweetheart deals to manipulate press coverage of himself are on top of all that

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Could the Climate Crisis End America's Global Dominion?

Could the Climate Crisis End America’s Global Dominion?

Humanity has just 12 years left to cut carbon emissions by a striking 45% or the world’s temperature would rise by at least 1.5 degrees Celsius

Alfred W. McCoy

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Broke Int’l Law, Likely Committed War Crimes, Shooting 6,000 Gaza Protesters: UN

Israel Broke Int’l Law, Likely Committed War Crimes, Shooting 6,000 Gaza Protesters: UN

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A United Nations (UN) probe said, on Thursday, that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes killing scores of Palestinians and […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif is Back, but Revolutionary Guards still Want Control

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif is Back, but Revolutionary Guards still Want Control

(RFE/RL) – A whirlwind eases with the Iranian president’s refusal to accept his smooth-talking foreign minister’s resignation. But that doesn’t necessarily mean Mohammad Javad Zarif […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Donald Trump
Five Ways Cohen implicated Trump in possible Crimes

Five Ways Cohen implicated Trump in possible Crimes

The bidder was repaid with funds from the Trump Foundation

Paul Handley

Climate Change
Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive

Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive

Compared to Asia and Europe, the United States is a transportation embarrassment

John Feffer

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Racism v. Racist:  Why Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib are Right

Racism v. Racist: Why Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib are Right

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As I noted yesterday, in Michael Cohen’s opening statement during his public testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

Carbon farming: how smart agriculture can both feed people and fight climate change

Peat soils are immensely carbon-rich

The Conversation

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