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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 […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

08/20/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

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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?

The United States must move beyond rhetoric about Hamas’s “bad faith” and offer incentives—such as aid packages or sanctions relief—to bolster moderate Palestinian voices. By […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Israel/ Palestine
‘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

By Clare Corbould, Deakin University (The Conversation) – Omar El Akkad does not want you to look away. An award-winning journalist and novelist, El Akkad […]

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Omar Khayyam
Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

The fourth quatrain in Edward FitzGerald’s 1859 first edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is: IV Now the New Year is reviving old Desires, […]

Juan Cole

Genocide
The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

Q&A with Dr Steinbock on The Obliteration Doctrine: Part 2 DG Team                   ( Difference Group ) – The second part of Dr Steinbock’s highly topical […]

Dan Steinbock

Donald Trump
“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

“I Have a Nightmare:” How Trump Is Spitting on the Grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On January 20th, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office with — at least in his mind — an aura of […]

Clarence Lusane

Climate Crisis
State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

The historic number of No Kings Day protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement. Erica Chenoweth, Soha […]

Waging Nonviolence

Environment
Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

By Shooka Bidarian, United Nations University and Mark Maslin, UCL (The Conversation) – From arid deserts and alpine meadows to dense wetlands and temperate forests, […]

The Conversation

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