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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts
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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to Medicare Advantage,“beware of health insurance companies bearing gifts”, just like “beware of Greeks […]

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

08/19/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

08/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Why has the GOP grown the Military-Industrial Complex but slashed Human Security?

The US has the highest rate of maternal deaths of any industrial country & we are the “child poverty capital”

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Banking
A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?

A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?

Trump has appointed more members of the Fed board than any president since Woodrow Wilson

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Democracy
Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

The 2011 Tunisian Revolution resulted in a constitution that recognizes the equality of women and men (even the US doesn’t have that)

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China
Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Moscow and Beijing value Iran’s Role in Syria, plan arms sales to Tehran

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Iraqi Oil for Israel?  15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War

Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War

By Gary Vogler | ( University of Kansas Press Blog) | – – April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of my initial entry into Baghdad […]

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Syria
Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

Displaced fundamentalists flee to Afrin, settled by Turkey in anti-Kurdish security Belt near Border

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China
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.

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Ottoman Empire
Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

The Secular Legacy of Kemal Ataturk is increasingly embattled in Erdogan’s Turkey

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Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?

Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?

Macron wants to add the Syria issue to negotiations with Iran, which may be a deal breaker

Juan Cole

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