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AI's Other Threat to Mental Health Care
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (656+ words) We know nothing about the long-term efficacy of AI therapy." It's not just patients who have been targeted by these startups. Extensive marketing campaigns have successfully lured therapists around the country to affiliate with app-based programs." Several months in, however,…...
In 'Tehrangeles,' Iran Plays Before a Divided Diaspora
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (322+ words) How is it possible that we couldn't find the game in Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran? Why did Tehrangeles seem emptier than expected on the night Iran began its World Cup? "I called six Iranian…...
In Iran, the US Woke Up to the Smell of Reality
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (84+ words) JD Vance was scolding the Israelis, but his icepick eyes may as well have been squinting into a mirror. The signing of the memorandum has given a new, dismal depth to the idea of the "Israel exception." A victory for…...
The Unelected Influencer Of Trump
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (11+ words) Truthdig The Unelected Influencer Of Trump...
The Iran Deal Sell Job
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (11+ words) Truthdig The Iran Deal Sell Job...
In Congo, a Newly Complex Ebola Emergency
4+ day, 2+ min ago (1474+ words) KINSHASA, DRC " When people first began dying in the dusty hills of Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, few suspected Ebola. It all started in late April, when a nurse returned to Bunia, the…...
Bernie Tried to Tell Them
4+ day, 56+ min ago (265+ words) On Tuesday, a slate of progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept several prominent congressional primaries across the city, toppling establishment rivals and incumbents in a display of the American left's renewed strength. In other races, progressives…...
Trump's Energy Secretary Says "Cold Is Larger Killer' During Record European Heatwave
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (848+ words) President Donald Trump's Energy Secretary has downplayed the threat of rising temperatures at a fossil fuel industry-funded event in London, even as millions in the UK, France, Spain, and Italy endure a deadly record-breaking heatwave. As'De Smog revealed'last week, ARC…...
En R'publique d'mocratique du Congo, la bataille contre l'pid'mie d Ebola se livre sur tous les fronts
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1450+ words) " Beaucoup pensaient qu'il s'agissait de f'tiches ou d'un ph'nom'ne surnaturel. Personne n'imaginait qu'il pouvait s'agir d'Ebola ", raconte " Truthdig Isaiah Katavu, habitant de Bunia. " Personne n'imaginait qu'il pouvait s'agir d'Ebola. " En Ituri, bon nombre attribuent d'abord les d'c's " des pratiques et…...