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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

08/06/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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There’s No ‘Free Market’ Solution to Health Care

There’s No ‘Free Market’ Solution to Health Care

By Geoff Coventry | (Otherwords.org) | – – A fully privatized system can never adequately provision the nation. The Republicans have big plans for health […]

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censorship
Revolution Over? Draft Law Could Return Tunisia to a Police State

Revolution Over? Draft Law Could Return Tunisia to a Police State

By Amna Guellali | ( Human Rights Watch) | – – Parliament Should Reject Abusive Security Bill Since the fall of the government of President […]

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Screwdriver Attack at Israeli Embassy in Jordan over Aqsa Mosque Tensions

Screwdriver Attack at Israeli Embassy in Jordan over Aqsa Mosque Tensions

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Sunday in Amman, the capital of Jordan, two workers arrived at the Israeli Embassy in […]

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Afghanistan
Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?

Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?

By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | – – Candidate Trump in his dynamic public rallies repeatedly criticized the former U.S. president for not […]

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Displaced and Refugees
After ISIL Defeat in Mosul, Camps or Rehabilitation for Families?

After ISIL Defeat in Mosul, Camps or Rehabilitation for Families?

Nawzat Shamdeen | (Mosul) | (Niqash.org) | – – Locals in Mosul are divided on whether to rehabilitate, reconcile or punish the families of Islamic […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Who’s a ‘Bad Jew’?

Who’s a ‘Bad Jew’?

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Progressive Jewish groups are rising to criticize the Israeli occupation and fight fundamentalism […]

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Constitution
Top Five Rogues Pardoned by Presidents; will Trump try to be 6th?

Top Five Rogues Pardoned by Presidents; will Trump try to be 6th?

By Juan Cole |. (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has been tweeting again, this time about his unlimited ability to pardon people according to […]

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Acidification of Oceans
If we don't Dump Fossil Fuels *Now*, we're Sticking our Kids with $530 Trillion in Debt

If we don’t Dump Fossil Fuels *Now*, we’re Sticking our Kids with $530 Trillion in Debt

By James Dyke | (The Conversation) | – – By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive […]

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Donald Trump
Speculation Mounts of Splits in Trump's Ranks as Spicer Quits

Speculation Mounts of Splits in Trump’s Ranks as Spicer Quits

TeleSur | – – The U.S. President’s legal team is also undergoing a shake-up. Sean Spicer, the controversial White House press secretary, has resigned and […]

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