REPOST: Reclaiming Medicaid from MCOs in Maryland

By JHU Med Students | April 8, 2026
By HOPE ZAMORA , ROHAN JAISWAL and AMANDA ANDRIESSEN | April 3, 2026 ERIC WANG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Zamora, Jaiswal and Andriessen advocate for the removal of MCOs in Medicaid. As medical students, we often witness the devastating effects of a broken health care system on our patients. Recently, one of us was caring for a young patient on Medicaid in the hospital who had been…Read More

Trump Declares ‘Big Money’ Will Be Made Following Last-Minute Deal With Iran: ‘This Could Be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!’

By Sean James | April 8, 2026
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President Donald Trump declared a “Golden Age of the Middle East!!!” — complete with three exclamation points — could be on the horizon after striking a last-minute deal to halt his planned pummeling of Iran, right before his 8:00 p.m. deadline on Tuesday night. The president seemed to be in a chipper mood in a Truth…Read More

Reform slammed for being a ‘posh boys club’

By Basit Mahmood | April 7, 2026
Reform has been slammed for being a ‘posh boys club’ that has sought to exploit problems without offering any tangible solutions. Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock launched the scathing attack on Nigel Farage’s party saying that Reform trades on resentment rather than real answers. Nation.Cymru reports Kinnock as saying: “The only argument going for them is grievance and resentment.  “You…Read More

Reaching Out To Pennsylvania Senators (Again)

By David | April 7, 2026
This time, it’s about this:The New York Times points out:Under the Geneva Conventions, striking power plants and bridges that are used primarily by civilians is off limits; they are not considered military targets. Administration officials are already beginning to make the argument that hitting them would not be a war crime because they are also crucial to the missile and…Read More

The best witness against Trump? The president of the U.S.

By Herb Strentz | April 7, 2026
Herb Strentz was dean of the Drake School of Journalism from 1975 to 1988 and professor there until retirement in 2004. He was executive secretary of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council from its founding in 1976 to 2000. A contrast between President Harry Truman and our would-be King Donald Trump is relevant and overdue because of the need to…Read More