The implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 (colloquially referred to as Obamacare) made mental and behavioral health treatment one of ten essential benefits required in new insurance policies sold on the federal health exchange. Despite this expanded coverage,…
Continue reading American Prisons and the Mental Healthcare Crisis – Danika Kimball
It a pleasure to address you on behalf of Dutch liberal democratic party D66. Today I was asked to share some thoughts with you regarding the recent Dutch no vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Treaty, the refugee crisis and finally…
For those of you who haven’t seen this yet: Below you’ll find the video of IFLRY’s 2016 spring general assembly in Istanbul. The video was recorded and edited by Mustafa Aslan of our Turkish member organisation 3H movement.
Indian residential colleges/universities provide food to the hostel students in the mess system. Many such universities of national character, including institutes of law, technology, management and so on, have messes that run on rent-seeking, free-riding and collective/singular coercion forcing surrender…
Continue reading Demessifying some Universities in India – Soumitra Subinaya
A phenomenon was unveiled last week. Tesla’s Model 3 was introduced to the world with great excitement, but the car wasn’t the phenomenon, the obvious demand for a quality, affordable electric car was. Before consumers even got a glimpse at…
Continue reading Tesla 3 Isn’t Just A Great Car, It’s A Great Example – Jerry Mooney
With Dutch journalist Ebru Umar, who was released from arrest by the Turkish authorities yesterday, still being denied her right to leave the country, we decided to subtitle this video by Alvise Pérez. Alvise was attending IFLRY’s General Assembly Istanbul,…
Continue reading Speaking up in the streets of Istanbul – Alvise Pérez
Dear liberal friends, First of all, thank you for your support! As newly elected IFLRY president, I am happy to introduce to you the other newly-elected members of the bureau: General Secretary Tone Bjørndal, from our member organisation Young Liberals…
Continue reading Introducing the new IFLRY Bureau – Pauline Kastermans
My homeland of Great Britain has a curious cultural mentality. At any one time we believe ourselves to be of utmost importance to the rest of the world, yet also view the rest of the world as isolated from the…
Continue reading Britain’s Leave EU Campaign is wrong: we’re all in this together – Ab Brightman
Liberal Germany is mourning. On the 18th March 2016, it lost not only a former vice-chancellor, but also a remarkable person and politician: Guido Westerwelle. Especially for members of the Junge Liberale (Young Liberals) – the youth organization of the…
Continue reading Guido Westerwelle: an obituary of a great liberal – Laura Schieritz
Fares and Hamada, two little boys that have so much in common. They share the innocence of every child. They just want to play on a playground with their friends, go to school, learn new things, explore and be happy.…
Continue reading Innocence Lost in Syria – Ahmad Al Rachwani
