Trump, the Smithsonian, and the battle over U.S. history
American history has always been contested, but recent decisions by U.S. President Donald Trump to reshape the way it’s taught and remembered have put museums, schools, and memorials squarely in the c...
28 Aug 202532min
Politics! Carney's report card, Poilievre's return
Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on big promises and bold action to save a country in crisis. It's now been more than 100 days since his cabinet was sworn in, but details and tangible results are...
27 Aug 202525min
Young people can't find jobs. Is Canada's economy in trouble?
The unemployment rate for Canadians between 15 and 24 is at 15 percent, the highest it's been since 2010, not including the pandemic.Why can't young people find a job? And how do these numbers fit int...
26 Aug 202521min
Israel defies global outcry over Gaza City, West Bank
Airstrikes and tanks continued pounding the outskirts of Gaza City over the weekend, as Israel’s plans to seize the strip’s largest urban centre continued. A much bigger operation, widely condemned by...
25 Aug 202525min
Escape, immortality, AI: Silicon Valley's blueprint for the future
Elon Musk wants a million people living on Mars within 20 years. Jeff Bezos imagines a trillion humans in space, living in a constellation of space stations the size of major cities within a few gener...
22 Aug 202533min
How Christian Zionism became a key force in U.S. politics
Christian Zionism — the belief that the modern state of Israel fulfills biblical prophecy — has existed as a theological concept for well over a century. But in the past couple decades its political p...
21 Aug 202538min
Are Canadian summers as we knew them over?
This summer is on track to being the second-worst wildfire season in Canadian history. It started earlier than usual with emergencies declared in the spring in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and is hitting...
20 Aug 202530min
Is Trump any closer to ending the war in Ukraine?
Over the last few days, US President Donald Trump has hosted a series of high-stakes talks to further the effort to end the war in Ukraine.First, on Friday, there was the summit in Alaska — Russian pr...
19 Aug 202524min
