As record-shattering heatwaves grip Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney has ignited a firestorm of protest by partnering with Alberta to advance a massive new tar sands pipeline. The project, estimated to cost between $35 billion and $44 billion, aims to export over a million barrels of oil daily to Asian markets.
Avi Lewis secured 56% of the vote on Sunday to become the new leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, promising to rescue the diminished political force from the wilderness by championing an aggressive, affordability-focused agenda designed to challenge corporate monopolies and redistribute national wealth.
The International Court of Justice delivered a landmark advisory opinion on Friday, declaring Israel’s decades-long occupation of Gaza and the West Bank—including East Jerusalem—to be unlawful. The court, led by President Nawaf Salam, ruled that the occupation must be brought to an end as rapidly as possible.
The United Nations reports that October 2025 saw the highest monthly frequency of Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank since records began in 2006. With over 260 incidents documented, the surge coincides with the annual olive harvest, leaving Palestinian farmers, their equipment, and local infrastructure under constant threat.
Israel’s Security Cabinet authorized the construction of 13 new settlements in the central West Bank on Thursday, a move signaling a definitive shift toward permanent annexation. Critics warn the expansion is designed to fracture Palestinian territory and render the prospect of a contiguous, sovereign state impossible.
Standing in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that no Palestinian state would ever emerge under his watch. The declaration accompanied the signing of a development agreement for 3,400 new housing units in the E1 corridor, a move poised to fracture Palestinian territorial continuity.
As extreme temperatures sweep across the United States, more than 150 advocacy groups are demanding that federal and state leaders immediately ban utility shutoffs and implement robust worker protections. The coalition argues that current policies are failing to shield vulnerable populations from the deadliest weather-related phenomenon in the country.
As a dangerous heatwave grips the Midwest and Eastern United States, leaving 250 million people under extreme temperature warnings, the climate organization 350.org is pressuring Congress to halt the expansion of energy-hungry data centers and ban utility shutoffs for households struggling to pay their bills.
A coalition of more than 230 environmental and economic advocacy groups urged Congress on Monday to halt the rapid construction of AI and cryptocurrency data centers. The organizations argue that the industry’s unchecked growth is creating an environmental and social crisis, threatening local power grids, water supplies, and household utility costs.
Standing at New York City Hall on the nation's 250th anniversary, Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a blistering critique of the MAGA movement, framing the current political divide as a clash between exclusionary rhetoric and the immigrant-driven promise of American democracy.
A massive stage panel crashed onto the rehearsal floor of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration, narrowly missing two-dozen performers. The incident, captured on video, has intensified scrutiny of the event’s rushed logistics, opaque funding, and the precarious conditions surrounding the upcoming Independence Day festivities in Washington.
The world’s richest 0.1% are currently shielding $2.8 trillion in offshore accounts, a sum greater than the total net worth of the planet’s poorest 4.1 billion people. This massive accumulation of untaxed capital persists despite a decade of international efforts to close the loopholes exposed by the 2016 Panama Papers.
Facing a wave of artist cancellations for the Great American State Fair, Donald Trump is proposing to scrap the musical lineup entirely. The president suggests replacing the event, intended to celebrate the U.S. semiquincentennial, with a rally headlined by himself, dismissing the original performers as overpriced and boring.
Dumping buckets of ice onto the pavement outside Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, hundreds of demonstrators demanded on Friday that the tech giant sever its remaining digital infrastructure support for U.S. immigration enforcement. The action follows a recent victory where public pressure forced the company to drop a controversial camera partnership.
When Texas authorities used AI-powered license plate readers to track a woman who had self-administered an abortion, Sheriff Adam King claimed it was a wellness check to prevent her from bleeding to death. New evidence reveals that police were actually conducting a death investigation, actively discussing criminal prosecution.
Across more than 5,000 American communities, local law enforcement agencies are weaponizing automated license plate readers to assist federal immigration authorities. New data suggests these municipal tools have evolved into a de facto nationwide surveillance dragnet for deportations, operating without formal federal contracts or public oversight.
From California to Wisconsin, a growing number of municipalities are severing ties with Flock Safety, the surveillance firm behind tens of thousands of automated license plate readers. The backlash signals a rare moment of nonpartisan consensus against the unchecked expansion of high-tech tracking in American public life.
A report from Unrig Our Economy reveals that major corporations are funneling campaign contributions to Republican lawmakers who championed last year’s tax package, a law that simultaneously provided massive fiscal windfalls to business interests while imposing deep cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance for low-income families.
More than 4 million Americans, including 800,000 children, have been dropped from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since the passage of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Analysts warn this rapid decline marks a humanitarian crisis, with enrollment falling by half in states like Arizona.
Pope Leo XIV has issued a 42,000-word encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, urging world leaders to enforce strict regulation of artificial intelligence. The document warns that without intervention, the technology will consolidate power among a profit-seeking elite while threatening mass job displacement, environmental stability, and the moral integrity of warfare.
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel recently advised Elon Musk to withdraw from the Giving Pledge, arguing that philanthropic commitments merely funnel wealth toward left-leaning causes. Instead, Thiel proposed that Musk hoard his fortune to fund a defensive campaign against a prophesied 'Antichrist' figure he believes threatens global governance.
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel has accused Pope Leo XIV of inadvertently acting as a Chinese Communist agent by advocating for stricter artificial intelligence regulations. Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Thiel argued that such moral constraints could cause the United States to lose the global race for technological supremacy.
American officials grew increasingly alarmed that Israel intended to assassinate Iran's lead negotiators during delicate ceasefire talks this spring. Washington went as far as coordinating warnings through regional partners, fearing that Israeli strikes against foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf would derail diplomatic progress entirely.
When asked to identify the architects of the United States' current economic and social malaise, American voters point squarely at the nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporate landlords. A new survey from Data for Progress reveals a public increasingly hostile toward the entities they believe are eroding their collective well-being.
A high-stakes battle over wealth taxation is officially headed to the November ballot. Proposition 40, a SEIU-UHW-backed measure, aims to levy a one-time 5% tax on state residents worth over $1 billion, setting up a direct confrontation between grassroots labor advocates and the political establishment in Sacramento.
With grocery prices squeezing household budgets nationwide, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal has introduced legislation to replicate Seattle’s successful Fresh Bucks initiative at the federal level. The bill seeks to provide lower-income families with a monthly stipend specifically for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently touted the removal of 4.3 million people from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, attributing the decline to a strengthening economy. However, independent analysts and lawmakers argue the drop stems directly from legislative funding cuts rather than job market gains.
A 14-year-old girl dragged from a zoning meeting by police serves as the latest flashpoint in a growing national conflict. As record heatwaves grip the U.S., communities are finding themselves in a direct battle for resources against the massive, energy-hungry data centers powering the artificial intelligence boom.
A federal grand jury on Tuesday blocked an effort by the Department of Justice to indict six Democratic lawmakers who had urged military personnel to refuse illegal orders. The case, spearheaded by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, marked a volatile escalation in the administration’s use of federal power against political critics.
A Washington, DC jury acquitted Sean Dunn on Thursday of misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an August incident where he threw a sandwich at Customs and Border Protection officers. The verdict followed a brief deliberation, ending a case that had become a flashpoint for local opposition to federal immigration enforcement.
