Featured News

ABC News: Half a million people flee Thailand–Cambodia border conflict as Trump moves to intervene again

Alabama Reflector: Supreme Court hears arguments over intellectual disabilities in Alabama death penalty case

CBC News: Climate change supercharged cyclone damage in parts of Asia, study finds

rabble: NDP leadership committee rejects Yves Engler’s candidacy application

The North Star: Environmental activists denied trial by jury

WIRED: Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• ‘A very dynamic situation’: B.C. officials give update on flood risk as evacuations ordered

• Air Transat pilots reach tentative deal with airline, avoiding strike

• Alberta begins final debate on bill to apply notwithstanding clause to 3 more laws

• Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 2.25%

• DND scrambles to figure out how to mobilize and equip a citizens' army: documents

• Government of Canada lists four new terrorist entities

• Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government

• Quebec Liberals close ranks as UPAC opens criminal probe into vote-buying allegations

• Quebec tables fast-tracking law, mirroring Ottawa and other provinces

• Recall petition for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued and two cabinet ministers approved

• STM month-long strike gets green light to start Dec. 11

USA news:

• Court strikes down Education Savings Accounts for students with disabilities as unconstitutional

• Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor’s race, beats Trump’s pick

• Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead

• For disabled people, slashing expanded health care subsidies is ‘eugenics policy,’ advocates say

• Judge orders Trump administration to end use of California National Guard in LA

• Montana youth activists who won landmark climate case push for court enforcement

• RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care

• Texas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill access

• Texas city votes to overturn LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination protections

• The Supreme Court Ponders Giving Billionaires Even More Power Over Elections

• Utah Legislature approves repeal of anti-collective bargaining law

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World News

• At least 19 dead in collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s Fes: State media

• Bolivia quickly returns to the path of neoliberalism

• Brazilian Lower House Approves Reduction of Bolsonaro’s Sentence

• Colombia to Revise Maritime Boundaries With Nicaragua

• Former Bolivian President Luis Arce Arrested

• Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel involvement

• Milei Unveils “Educational Freedom Law” in Argentina, Sparking Fears of Privatization and Defunding

• Norway pauses deep-sea mining for four years

• Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined

• Sudan Doctors Network says RSF detaining 19,000 people in inhumane conditions

• US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump

What I’m Reading

• 68 Cities, Counties, and States Will Increase Their Minimum Wage on January 1

• Victim speaks out: Police ‘sweeps’ of homeless camps worse than you think