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“Helping” People by Shaming Them — and Canceling Their Civil Rights
By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com) – Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency and Israel’s war on Gaza (not to...
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Gaza: The uncertain Fate of Patients needing Life-Saving Dialysis Treatment
By Ali Iqbal, McMaster University; Aliya Khan, McMaster University; and Ben Thomson, Johns Hopkins University | – More than 100 days into the brutal assault on Gaza, over 27,000 Palestinians have been...
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‘Hell No!’: Trump Allies’ Plan to Privatize Medicare Draws Alarm and Outrage
Jake Johnson A right-wing coalition that’s been laying the policy groundwork for another Trump presidency has developed a plan to further privatize Medicare by making fraud-riddled Medicare...
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As Palestinian Children Die of Hunger, US blows ineffectual Kisses with Air Drop
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The known deaths from starvation of Palestinian children in Gaza hospitals rose to 16 on Monday. This is a fraction of the actual such deaths, since Israel has put most...
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The Failing Battle for Healthcare in the Dis-United States
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The slang definition of “unwinding” means “to chill.” Other definitions include: to relax, disentangle, undo — all words that, on the surface, appear both passive and peaceful....
View ArticleBiden owes an Apology to the Volunteers of the Mavi Marmara, the First Aid...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden owes an apology to fellow American Furkan Doğan, whom Israeli commandos murdered on May 31, 2010, as he videoed their illegal attack in international...
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Patients, Advocates Push Biden to ‘Reclaim Medicare’ From Privatized Medicare...
“If Medicare Advantage has it their way, they’re going to deny me care and delay me care until I’m dead,” said one patient. Jake Johnson ( Commondreams.org ) – Patients on Medicare Advantage spoke out...
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UN and EU slam Israel: Imposing on Palestinians ‘Levels of Food Insecurity...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Union’s Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borell and the European Commissioner for Crisis management and Janez Lenarčič, issued a statement on...
View ArticleThe Middle East Ranks at the Bottom of Gallup’s Happiness Index, except for...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual Gallup report on happiness by country came out this week. It is based on a three-year average of polling. What struck me in their report is how unhappy the...
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