Why Canadians with long COVID feel forgotten by the health-care system: ‘The pandemic still isn’t over’ www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Canada’s obsession with housing is stunting our future www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

Remembering Paul Martin’s disastrous 1995 federal budget www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Welcome back to Canada, military Keynesianism. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Found on the @nytimes.com homepage. News story on the pro-Palestinian movement with plenty of editorializing and where the only source interviewed was from the Anti-Defamation League. What are we even doing here? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

In these troubled times, Ottawa should consider spending more, borrowing more www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

West Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2025.

Disturbing video shows jail guards carrying out violent, hours-long retribution at Maplehurst www.thestar.com/news/investi...

Politicians should be preparing Canadians to face hard times, not showering us with gifts www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...

Carney's green funds at Brookfield used Bermuda tax haven to attract investors www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

On March 4, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his first term as president. He was the last U.S. president to be inaugurated on this date. In his inaugural speech, Roosevelt stated, “the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself.” Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/k9wsb

Last Friday, I said goodbye to my amazing cat Alice, who recently developed an aggressive form of cancer. She took over many virtual work meetings during Covid lockdowns. She opened my heart and made me a better person. She was loved by family and friends. Her memory is a blessing and forever so.

Economists call on Ottawa to reform employment insurance as trade war begins www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Stephen A. Smith is the modern-day Walter Winchell in The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.

The tariffs are indeed coming. Stop hoping they won't. We are going to have to support affected businesses. I would prioritize their workers, not their profits. Here are some lessons we can learn from the pandemic. #cdnpoli #cdnecon policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/fe...

Canadians are calling it T-Day.

The next Liberal leader will need to get serious about Palestinian rights www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

What to say when someone is grieving is tricky. Sometimes actions speak louder than words www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

Ottawa planning pandemic-level relief for workers, businesses if Trump imposes tariffs www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Breaking News: Workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia voted to become the first unionized store in the grocery chain, which is owned by Amazon.

DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ sparks rout in AI-linked stocks www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ar...

Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing—“clean out that whole thing” was his phrase!—but the NYT manages to make him sound like a humanitarian.

In the face of Trump’s tariff threats, Canada can emerge stronger than ever www.thestar.com/business/opi...

Canada’s digital services tax and online regulation bills are likely Trump trade targets www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

The Upper Class and those working hard to join it? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

When the inevitable excuses come out that it simultaneously was totally accidental and also meant to be ironic, my 2023 @bellingcat.com article on how (not) to interpret far right symbols www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Carmichael: Goodbye to Trudeaunomics and its failures thelogic.co/comment/kevi...

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...

Anthony Blinken has been consistency wrong on contentious topics and mediocre on easy ones. He supported the Iraq War and has Netanyahu walk all over him. He defended Ukraine and focused more on China but took too much of Biden’s attention from popular domestic policies, hence last year’s loss.

Farmers slam Ottawa for approving Bunge purchase of grain handler Viterra www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned that potential 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada suggested by President-elect Donald Trump could harm the US auto sector, damage supply chains, slow production lines, and cut ‘jobs on both sides of the border’ reut.rs/3WnDYue

NEW: Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.

Joe Biden’s presidency was a failure. He leaves the White House with the world less safe than when his term began. Many thousands dead in the ME. Austerity at home. The cost of living is up. The forces of far-right populism are marching. Biden is the worst Democratic president since Andrew Johnson.

The U.S. FDA will ban red dye No. 3 from foods. It is still permitted in Canada despite bans in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. apnews.com/article/fda-...

Canadian pension plans should sell off investments in natural gas before it’s too late, advocacy group says www.thestar.com/business/can...

In Namibia, a Canadian copper company leaves a legacy of toxic waste www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Greenwashing 101: Enbridge received billions of dollars in green loans tied to curbing its impact on the environment. So why have its emissions grown? www.thestar.com/news/investi...

China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/b...

New: Mark Zuckerberg was warned he'd die in prison. Tim Cook said those who led the "shameful" insurrection "should be held to account." Google's founder said he was "deeply offended" by Trump's first win. Now all have fallen in line, giving $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund wapo.st/3PzjIC1

This was pretty much my cohort of millennials, except we had 4Chan.

Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b...

congressional hearings, subpoenas, state laws, the absolute wildest federal bills, jd vance saying he likes antitrust because google too liberal, republicans even went to the supreme court over facebook content moderation

Looking forward to my future career smuggling un-tariffed Lego sets into the US across Lake Superior like I’m some Prohibition-era rum-runner.

what elon musk has done to poison information (and stoke even more extremism with an algorithm he can control without any real accountability) is horrifying. more wildly, it‘s influencing other giants. it's not about the aunt who is spreading disinfo on facebook anymore... this shit will be the norm

Translation: I am a Liberal MP and I am upset I did not get a ministerial role.

Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper

i kid you not this is an article every single damn new year (and the same damn faces) and the income gaps between these CEOs and workers only gets larger every year

Feels like a big part of Netflix’s business plan is putting out slop b-films to a loyal audience that neglect Prime Video, HBO and other streamers like Hulu.