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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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Climate Change
Britain sees Hottest Winter Day in Recorded History as Global Heating Accelerates

Britain sees Hottest Winter Day in Recorded History as Global Heating Accelerates

Northern Europe’s ‘Year with no Winter’

AFP

Iran
Iran’s Religious Leaders Keep Foreign Minister Zarif on to pursue European Diplomacy

Iran’s Religious Leaders Keep Foreign Minister Zarif on to pursue European Diplomacy

Zarif has battled hardline resistance in parliament to new legislation tackling money laundering and terrorism financing

AFP

Donald Trump
Top Six Pieces of Dirt Cohen Dished on Trump in his Opening Statement

Top Six Pieces of Dirt Cohen Dished on Trump in his Opening Statement

“He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a “shithole . ”

Juan Cole

Venezuela
The Trojan Horse of US "Aid" to Venezuela

The Trojan Horse of US “Aid” to Venezuela

The arc of U.S. militarism across the 20th century and into the 21st is neither moral nor does it bend toward justice.

H. Patricia Hynes

censorship
In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

Beirut (AFP) – “The crackdown on civil society actors and political opponents increased significantly in Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the rights watchdog said in […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
The Survival of the Richest:  The Real Wall

The Survival of the Richest: The Real Wall

Money keeps flowing upward through banks and speculation, while the economic lives of those not at the top have largely remained stagnant

Nomi Prins

Qur'an
New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam

New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam

“This inscription was written in the year when construction work was done on the sacred shrine in the year 78 [697-8].”

Juan Cole

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A Victim of Trump?  Iran's Centrist Foreign Minister Mysteriously Forced Out

A Victim of Trump? Iran’s Centrist Foreign Minister Mysteriously Forced Out

Was Zarif forced out by regime hard liners angry about his role in the 2015 Nuclear Deal?

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
Why Proposal to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology without Safeguards is Terrifying

Why Proposal to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology without Safeguards is Terrifying

Within days of President Trump’s inauguration, senior U.S. officials were promoting an initiative to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

The Conversation

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