The Food and Drug Administration has relaxed guidelines on the health effects of alcohol consumption. Much more than any new scientific findings, the move reflects a yearslong lobbying effort by the alcohol industry. Current research...
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Labor federations around the world are condemning the Trump administration’s acts of war in Venezuela. In a raw display of imperialist aggression, the United States bombed the country, kidnapped its president and his wife, and...
The recent kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was not a “counter-narcotics” initiative: it was the culmination of a long-running hybrid warfare strategy aimed at regime change in Caracas. US strategic planners are pursuing regime...
When New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani announced his run for mayor of New York City, few in Canada were likely paying attention. But in the wake of Mamdani’s inspiring win, the Canadian chattering class,...
Cherien Dabis I’m Palestinian American. I was born and raised in the diaspora, but returning to Palestine often to visit my father’s family. My father’s from the West Bank, and he was exiled from Palestine...
It’s that time of year again. On December 22, 2025, exactly twelve months after appointing venture capitalist Ken Howery as US ambassador to Denmark with the message that US “ownership and control of Greenland is...
Interview byChris Dite The Bondi massacre in Australia was perpetrated by Islamic State supporters. But immediately following the killings, a chorus of right-wing voices began placing the blame on pro-Palestinian slogans, protests, and policies. Israeli...
As Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot faces global scrutiny for generating sexualized deepfakes and calling itself “MechaHitler,” a former Grok executive now serving as a “chief AI officer” at the Department of Commerce has been granted a “highly unusual” waiver...
Antonia Juhasz I believe that the oil industry has been lobbying on this for a long time, and they’ve said as much outside of this immediate context. One of the things they do a lot around Trump...
Yesterday’s news out of Minnesota has been shocking, with the death of a Minneapolis woman at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. As Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem,...
In 2003, thousands of us took to the streets to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. “We shall help Iraq move towards democracy,” Tony Blair told us. Perhaps he shared speech notes with George W....
The bombing of Caracas and subsequent abduction of Nicolás Maduro and his wife this past weekend seems to have taken everybody outside of a small circle around the US president by surprise. Not even most...
