The Trump administration now looks closer than ever to stopping the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Until now, the US president had failed to fulfill his promise, but American diplomacy has gained two new advantages:...
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On Tuesday, the European Commission announced that it will drop the planned ban on new internal-combustion-engine cars from 2035, after pressure from the German government and the auto industry. The announcement came only a few...
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge and the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable. Throughout British Columbia (BC) and Canada, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, a...
In 2016, Canada passed landmark legislation to legalize what it euphemizes as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) — physician-assisted suicide, or euthanasia by doctor. At the time, it was hailed as a progressive victory allowing...
Like other areas of culture today, music fandom is beset by intense doomerism. A 2024 YouGov poll showed Americans think we’re living in one of the worst musical decades since the 1930s, revealing a breakdown...
Twenty years ago today, on the second day of a transit strike that had effectively shut down much of New York City, Roger Toussaint, president of the striking Transport Workers Union Local 100, faced the...
Ibrahem Hanafi Palestinians’ commitment to academia has always remained extraordinary. Higher education has long been understood as both a path to collective leadership and a lifeline to social mobility, especially for refugees living in host...
Interview byDaniel Denvir “Welcome to the Resistance.” During the first Trump administration, socialists loved to invoke this as a joke. The liberal resistance, socialists charged, was interested only in performative displays of opposition, blaming Russia...
Andrzej Wajda’s film The Promised Land became an instant classic of Polish cinema after its release in 1975. It received an Oscar nomination in the category for best foreign-language film, and cinema historians still name...
Interview byDoug Henwood Three weeks after Hondurans went to the polls in November, a winner has yet to be announced. In an election marked by irregularities, Donald Trump’s intervention before the polls opened in November...
Antoneta works as a cleaner in London Heathrow’s airport’s newest and shiniest wing, Terminal 5. Despite working the night shift, she doesn’t receive any extra allowance for these tiring hours. The airport boasts of its...
The artificial intelligence craze likely just delivered more industry-wide price hikes on household electronics. After accepting billions in taxpayer subsidies, the technology company Micron is shutting down its generic line of consumer-facing chip products to...
