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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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Attacks on Asian Americans are Rooted in over a Century of Racist Exclusion

Attacks on Asian Americans are Rooted in over a Century of Racist Exclusion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The spine-chilling attacks on Asian-Americans around the country, in San Francisco, New York, and now most bloodily in Atlanta, are […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Biden branded Putin a Murderer, but can he get out of Afghanistan without Russian Help?

Biden branded Putin a Murderer, but can he get out of Afghanistan without Russian Help?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Russia and the United States may be bitter geopolitical rivals, but sometimes, when they have a common interest they […]

Nikola Mikovic

Epidemics
The Sports Pages of Death:  Life in a Wounded and Wounding Land

The Sports Pages of Death: Life in a Wounded and Wounding Land

( Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s one of the things I now do every morning. I go to the online Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center and check […]

Tom Engelhardt

Jewish History
Startling Discovery of New Dead Sea Scrolls sheds light on Jewish Revolts against Imperial Rome

Startling Discovery of New Dead Sea Scrolls sheds light on Jewish Revolts against Imperial Rome

By Gareth Wearne | – On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were […]

The Conversation

Peace
In honor of St.Patrick at Lough Derg: In search of Tolerance and Kindness

In honor of St.Patrick at Lough Derg: In search of Tolerance and Kindness

By Hugh Curran | – (Special to Informed Comment) – St.Patrick’s Purgatory at Lough Derg was first written about in the 11th century as one […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemenis face Famine of the Century and Mass Starvation unless President Biden pressures Saudis to Stop Port Blockade

Yemenis face Famine of the Century and Mass Starvation unless President Biden pressures Saudis to Stop Port Blockade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The head of the UN World Food Program, David Beasley said at a news conference this week covered by al-`Arabi […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
DHS’s Mayorkas brands “Crisis” language about Border as Trumpian, Says Challenge Doesn’t Require Cruel Family Separation

DHS’s Mayorkas brands “Crisis” language about Border as Trumpian, Says Challenge Doesn’t Require Cruel Family Separation

By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended the Biden administration’s immigration policies Wednesday, but conceded […]

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Joe Biden
Syria needs Long-Term Housing for the Neediest, and the US needs to Stop Blocking it

Syria needs Long-Term Housing for the Neediest, and the US needs to Stop Blocking it

By Hany Al Banna | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – March 15, 2021, will mark a grim milestone—the 10th anniversary of the beginning […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate Change is making Sea levels rise fastest in big cities – here's why

Climate Change is making Sea levels rise fastest in big cities – here’s why

By Sally Brown and Robert James Nicholls | – It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. What is less […]

The Conversation

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