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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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Talking Tough and Carrying a Radioactive Stick:  The Nuclearization of American Diplomacy

Talking Tough and Carrying a Radioactive Stick: The Nuclearization of American Diplomacy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On August 21st, six nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress bombers, representing approximately one-seventh of the war-ready U.S. B-52H bomber fleet, flew from their […]

Michael T. Klare

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Graham to Blacks, Immigrants: 'You can go anywhere in this state, you just have to be a Conservative'

Graham to Blacks, Immigrants: ‘You can go anywhere in this state, you just have to be a Conservative’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lindsey Graham couldn’t have another debate with his rival for one of South Carolina’s senate seats, Jamie Harrison, because he […]

Juan Cole

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Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

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Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

(Foreign Correspondent) – The four countries with the most confirmed COVID-19 infections in the world are all led by rightwing populists: the US, India, Brazil, […]

Reese Erlich

Epidemics
America's New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

America’s New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The highly respected British medical journal, “The Lancet”, recently summarized the health insurance situation in the USA: “Although […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Authoritarianism
Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Kim Jong Un insists on having a huge parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the ruling […]

Juan Cole

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Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

By Amy Cooter | – Details are still emerging about the men arrested on federal and state charges related to an alleged plot to kidnap […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Item 7, General Debate – UN Human Rights Council 45 Israeli authorities have continued to systematically repress and discriminate against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Human Rights Watch

Armenia
Where does Iran stand on Armenia's conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

Where does Iran stand on Armenia’s conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – While most attention is focused on the positions of Russia and Turkey in the ongoing […]

Middle East Monitor

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