The case against Google
The second of two major antitrust cases against Google wrapped up this week. Earlier this year, a judge found the company holds an illegal monopoly over the internet search market. Now the U.S. Depart...
27 Nov 202424min
Trump and the strongman feedback loop
Argentina’s chainsaw-wielding, “anarcho-capitalist” president, Javier Milei, and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, who has called himself the “world’s coolest dictator,” have often taken cues from Donald Tr...
26 Nov 202424min
Anti-vax update as Canadian measles surges
Routine childhood vaccinations have been on the decline in recent years, with the anti-vax movement rising during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the conversation has shifted. What was once affiliated with...
25 Nov 202425min
Weekend Listen: What happened to Christine Harron?
Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart a...
23 Nov 202435min
Politics, Gaza and money collide at The Giller Prize
For the last year, Canada’s premier literary award The Giller Prize has been embroiled in a controversy that has split the Canadian literary community. Last years gala was interrupted by protestors wh...
22 Nov 202428min
Long-range missiles, nuclear fears in Ukraine
Earlier this week, after months of debate and hesitation, the U.S. decided to allow Ukraine to use American made ATACMS missiles on targets inside Russia. Escalations followed, such as Russia signing ...
21 Nov 202424min
Work sucks. Where are the unions?
Nearly a million Canadian workers have taken job action in recent years, with Canada Post employees being the latest to do so. That included work stoppages at airlines, railways and Canadian ports.You...
20 Nov 202425min
UN Palestinian rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, recently returned from a week-long trip to Canada. She was given standing ovations at sold-out speaking events, y...
19 Nov 202443min
