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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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Hebrew U. lifts Suspension of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian after Palestinian-Israeli Scholars called for her Reinstatement

Hebrew U. lifts Suspension of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian after Palestinian-Israeli Scholars called for her Reinstatement

NB: Hebrew University made this announcement on Wednesday, reinstating Professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian: In a meeting held today between the Rector of the Hebrew University, Prof. Tamir […]

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Naked Hypocrisy: The US once cited UNSC Resolutions to Invade Iraq, now calls Gaza Ceasefire Demand "Non-Binding"

Naked Hypocrisy: The US once cited UNSC Resolutions to Invade Iraq, now calls Gaza Ceasefire Demand “Non-Binding”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday characterized the United Nations Security Council resolution 2728 demanding an immediate ceasefire in […]

Juan Cole

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Piety and Sexuality: The Subaltern Poetry of Mir Taqi Mir

Piety and Sexuality: The Subaltern Poetry of Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) is recognized as one of the greatest poets of the Urdu language. He is claimed by Pakistan as one of the […]

Anthony A. Lee

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Spending Unlimited: The Pentagon’s Budget Follies come at High Price

Spending Unlimited: The Pentagon’s Budget Follies come at High Price

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The White House released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025 on March 11th, […]

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As Israel defies UNSC demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body slams ongoing "Genocide"

As Israel defies UNSC demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body slams ongoing “Genocide”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Security Council has finally passed a ceasefire resolution for Gaza, from which the US abstained, so it was […]

Juan Cole

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why Russia fears the Emergence of Tajik Terrorists

Why Russia fears the Emergence of Tajik Terrorists

(The Conversation) – It has emerged that the four gunmen charged in the murder of at least 139 concert-goers at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall theatre […]

Richard Foltz

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The Music of the late Iranian Singer Faramarz Aslani, Forced into Exile by a Puritan Revolution

The Music of the late Iranian Singer Faramarz Aslani, Forced into Exile by a Puritan Revolution

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment) – Amidst war and genocide in Ukraine and in Gaza, a new spring came along. For millions of Persian-speaking […]

Fariba Amini

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Donald Trump and the German Far Right: Is it Democratic to Prosecute Fascism?

Donald Trump and the German Far Right: Is it Democratic to Prosecute Fascism?

Chemnitz, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Germany and the United States have very different political cultures, but also some similarities. They are both […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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How Moscow Terror Attack fits ISIL-K Strategy to Widen Agenda against Perceived Enemies

How Moscow Terror Attack fits ISIL-K Strategy to Widen Agenda against Perceived Enemies

By Sara Harmouch, American University, and Amira Jadoon, Clemson University | – Russia is reeling from the worst terror strike on its soil in a […]

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