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Back to SearchA high-stakes labour fight in Ontario
For many people, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s showdown with CUPE education workers has become about much more than one fight with one union. Experts say that what the Ontario government chooses to do …
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
How the midterms could shape U.S. politics for years
On Tuesday, the U.S. holds its midterm elections. That means all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, as are about a third of the Senate's seats. These midterms are significan…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Elon Musk owns Twitter. Now what?
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has only been “Chief Twit” of Twitter since Thursday night, but he’s already fired four top executives and dissolved the company’s board. Musk had repeatedly tried to p…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Lessons from the Cuban missile crisis
Sixty years ago, the Cuban missile crisis brought the world the closest it’s ever been to a full-scale nuclear war. The story that’s often told about those 13 days is one of American might triumphing…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Kanye West’s words and consequences
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, made a name — and a fortune — for himself making and saying whatever pops into his head. But for nearly a decade the things he says have increasingly become rooted i…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
‘A slow death': Haitians face mounting crisis
After three years without cases, cholera is spreading through Haiti’s poorest neighbourhoods as they struggle for access to clean water. At the same time, nearly five million Haitians are facing acut…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The problem of unelected leaders
Conservative Rishi Sunak has just become the third leader of the U.K. in two months, and he's got a mandate to rule until 2025. But many are questioning the process that led to him, and his predecess…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
The fate of the Amazon at stake as Brazil votes
Roberto de Oliveira Alves is a cattle farmer in the Brazilian Amazon. He’s also a staunch supporter of incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. And like many others in the state of Rondônia his land is be…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
What is ‘The Freeland Doctrine’?
According to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, history isn't over. Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, Freeland refuted the post-Soviet idea of "the…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
'Not illegal': Ousted B.C. NDP leadership candidate speaks out
On Wednesday night, B.C. NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai was disqualified from the race, clearing the path for the coronation of her competitor, David Eby, who will become the province’s pr…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago