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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts
Corporations

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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Environment: Iraqis and Iranians continue to oppose Turkey’s hydroelectric projects on the Tigris River

Environment: Iraqis and Iranians continue to oppose Turkey’s hydroelectric projects on the Tigris River

By Roman Shemakov | – The following story is part of series on Turkey’s Ilisu Dam project and the flooding of Hasankeyf. The Ilisu Dam, […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
How Climate Emergency could further Punish Inflation-Ridden Economies, with Record Heat Waves across US, UK and Europe

How Climate Emergency could further Punish Inflation-Ridden Economies, with Record Heat Waves across US, UK and Europe

By Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona | – Hundreds of millions of people struggled to keep cool amid a sweltering summer heat wave as cities […]

The Conversation

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Russia announces $40 Bn. Investment in Iran Oil & Gas, as Khamenei Supports Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Russia announces $40 Bn. Investment in Iran Oil & Gas, as Khamenei Supports Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey arrived on Tuesday in Tehran for a summit on guaranteeing the Syrian peace […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Violence in Darfur, Blue Nile adds to the worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

Violence in Darfur, Blue Nile adds to the worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

By Khalil Charles | – The outbreak of violence in the Blue Nile leading to the death of at least 60 people this weekend and […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Cities need to embrace green Innovation now to cut heat Deaths in the Future

Cities need to embrace green Innovation now to cut heat Deaths in the Future

By Alex Boston, Simon Fraser University | – In late June 2021, North America’s most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the […]

The Conversation

Far Right
Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All

Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words “Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice” in […]

Liz Theoharis

Climate Crisis
The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist

The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We will probably overshoot the UN goal of limiting extra global heating from the climate emergency to 2.7 degrees F. […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Women Protest Iran's Hijab And Chastity Day By Removing Their Veils In Public

Women Protest Iran’s Hijab And Chastity Day By Removing Their Veils In Public

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda | – Iranian women’s rights activists posted videos of themselves publicly removing their veils on July 12 to coincide with National […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Displaced and Refugees
The World must Act to restore Funding to Syria to avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe

The World must Act to restore Funding to Syria to avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe

By Jessica Adams | – Once again, last week, the people of northwest Syria were granted a last-minute reprieve. The aid community feared disaster had […]

Middle East Monitor

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