Featured News

Al Jazeera: United Nations says children make up 50 percent of gang members in Haiti

Dialectics of Decline: The Human Loneliness Epidemic

Prism: St. Louis residents fight expansion of Israeli minerals company tied to Gaza genocide

The Guardian: Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds

Toronto Star: Canada Post lashes out at CUPW after talks, calls union’s latest demands ‘unaffordable’

Canada & USA

Canadian political news:

• Canada Considers Anti-Immigrant Bills as Haitian Immigrants in the US Flee North

• Canada, India name new high commissioners as both countries restore relations

• Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge

• Quebec plans to table bill banning prayer in public

• Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Sauble Beach land claim

• Uncertainty reigns in Kanesatake nearly one month after cancelled election

Other Canada news:

• Billions to flow to provinces as part of historic tobacco settlement

• Canada forges ahead on European LNG exports, despite concerns

• Convoy figure seeking U.S. asylum wanted on Canada-wide warrant

• Intruder in Lindsay, Ont., break-in used a crossbow, court documents say

• Joly asks Canada’s financial sector to lend to defence companies

• Northern Ontario First Nations are building a village in the path to the Ring of Fire

• This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost?

Trump administration news:

• 'Fundamentally Sick': Trump Border Agents Arrest Two Firefighters Battling Washington Wildfire

• RFK Jr. Finds Twisted Reason to Take Away Your Anti-Depression Meds

• Trump eases rules for hiring temporary immigration judges

Other US news:

• 3 NYC corrections officers suspended following death of man incarcerated at Rikers Island

• Far Right Exploits Children’s Deaths in Minneapolis to Target Trans People

• From Book Bans To Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control The Whole State’s Access To The Internet

• GOP Investigation Pressures Wikipedia to Reveal Identities of Editors Accused of 'Bias' Against Israel

• Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt offered full military funeral, Air Force confirms

• Man convicted of triple murder put to death in Florida's record 11th execution this year

• Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender

• Protester shot in face by a police projectile awarded more than $3 million

• South Carolina rushes emergency petition to U.S. Supreme Court over trans student’s bathroom use

World News

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

• Gaza Children Without 'Strength to Speak or Even Cry,' Says Aid Group Chief

• Over 500,000 Children in Gaza Face Epidemic Risk Amid Health System Collapse and Forced Displacement

• Reuters stopped sharing Gaza locations with Israel after IDF strikes killed 'so many journalists'

• UN rights experts rebuke 'enforced disappearances' at Gaza aid sites

• UN Security Council votes to wind down UNIFIL mission in Lebanon after 2026

Other world news:

• Argentinian President Javier Milei leaves rally after protesters throw rocks

• At least 24 killed in RSF attack on Sudan’s el-Fasher : Doctors’ group

• Brawl erupts in Mexico’s senate after debate over US military intervention to fight drug cartels

• Cases of flesh-eating screwworms increase 53% in Mexico: Report

• Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

• Germany, France, UK trigger process to reimpose sanctions on Iran

• Indigenous people gain formal role in Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

• Qantas fined $90 million over illegal sacking of 1,800 workers

• Rwanda confirms it received seven immigrants deported under Donald Trump

• Sri Lankan union leaders shut down postal strike

What I’m Reading

• From Anti-Wokeness to the Confederate States of America

• Haiti Is Not a Failed Country; It Has Been Broken. Now Erik Prince Wants to Fix It.

• Manitobans elected the NDP to lead on climate. What happened?

• The Greens will need more than Elizabeth May to survive