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The street protests against a mosque being built in Tennessee are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Islamophobia in the US, but those protesting would do well to look to the country’s founding fathers for inspiration and guidance, writes Jonathan Hayden.
If you own a mobile phone or a computer, it’s likely that your money has contributed to the rape of women and girls as young as 10 months in Congo, writes Natalie Becquet.
A guy talks his way into a girl’s bed by claiming he’s something he isn’t. Who hasn’t heard that story before? Isn’t it just another – melancholy – aspect of the human condition? Well, in Israel these days this sort of escapade is not just a slice of life, it’s a ticket to the Big House, writes Judy Mandelbaum.
After eight years of war, enthusiasm for the mission, never that high to begin with, is dropping off noticeably, and there is a growing consensus among experts that there is little or no hope of permanently defeating the Taliban, writes Mark Jeffries.
Language is steeped in love and pain, writes Gauche Sinister.
Hundreds of women are being kidnapped, tortured and killed in the border country between Mexico and the US, writes Raewyn Connell.
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