Featured News

Peoples Dispatch: Tens of thousands protest in Ivory Coast against the slide into dictatorship

Reuters: Air Canada flight attendants set 72-hour strike deadline for pay deal

The Canadian Press: CUPW to hold two days of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect

The Guardian: More than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county

Washington State Standard: Tacoma detention center must pay for violating minimum wage law, appeals court affirms

Canada & USA

Canadian political news:

• Conservatives say the justice system favours non-citizens. Experts disagree

• Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins

• GAC’s dissent channel offers partial anonymity, forbids undermining leadership: memo

• Ottawa pressed to factor in 500,000 undocumented residents as it consults on immigration targets

• Poilievre urges Ottawa to cancel BC Ferries loan in response to Chinese canola tariffs

Other Canada news:

• Another Kanesatake Cannabis Dispensary Burned to the Ground

• Bayers Lake wildfire caused by human activity, officials say

• Enbridge Sustain dropping clean energy options for Ontario developers

• N.S. man purposely violates ban on entering woods, gets handed $28K fine

• Search for unmarked graves continues at Mohawk Institute residential school site

• Thousands in St. John’s on evacuation notice as wildfires continue to spread

• Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., shows vigorous, 'unusual' behaviour

• ‘Written on the wall with blood’: Alberta teen targeted by violent online group 764

Trump administration news:

• Federal Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data on Millions of Americans

• Pentagon Golden Dome to have 4-layer defense system, slides show

• The Trump Administration Quietly Deleted A Key Resource For LGBTQ+ Asylum-Seekers

Other US news:

• Arizona AG says undocumented student tuition law is safe from Trump lawsuits

• Federal judge denies injunction against Alabama’s anti-DEI law

• Floodwaters From Glacier Near Alaska's Capital City Break Record Levels and Prompt Evacuations

• Illinois court rejects Texas request to enforce arrest warrants against House Democrats

• Kansas lawmakers use state budget to police pronouns, threatening workers’ constitutional rights

• NYC Subway Cleaners Reportedly “Cheated” By Andrew Cuomo Win Back Stolen Wages

• Over 160 Blizzard employees unite for workplace improvements in historic move

• Teamsters nurses file unfair labor practice charge against Michigan hospital system

• Torture Victim’s Landmark Hacking Lawsuit Against Spyware Maker Can Proceed, Judge Rules

• U.S. Supreme Court sets date for Louisiana redistricting case rehearing

World News

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli and US aggressions in West Asia:

• 100+ Doctors Who Worked in Gaza Demand Global Action as 'Colleagues Are Starved and Shot by Israel'

• IDF Brags of 'In-Depth Review' That Confirms Israel Is Starving Sick Children to Death

• New Study Finds Deadly Drug-Resistant Diseases Emerging in Gaza

• Palestinian man killed in West Bank by Israeli soldier backing up settlers

Other world news:

• 26 migrants drown as 2 boats capsize off Lampedusa

• British soldiers still paying for sex in Kenya, three years after ban

• Cholera outbreak devastates Sudan refugee camps

• Clashes erupt for a second day at anti-government protests in Serbia in a major escalation

• Cuba’s new Code of Childhood Adolescence and Youth proves putting people over profit is possible

• France, Germany and UK say they are ready to reimpose Iran sanctions

• Guatemala judge convicts 6 ex-officials in deaths of 41 girls in 2017 fire

• Peru enacts amnesty for military and police accused of human rights abuses

• Sudan submits security file exposing intl. support for RSF

• UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces

• Wildfires kill at least 3 and displace thousands across southern Europe

What I’m Reading

• Air Canada is screwing over flight attendants

• As Hindu Supremacists Seek Influence in US, Liberal Deference Paves the Way

• Mamdani is winning the Democratic base

• Palestinians Need More Than Just Statehood

• Why is the right-wing media giving Vance Boelter a megaphone to spout sinister nonsense?