Sunday, October 25, 2026
Zelenskyy meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Photo: Embassy of Ukraine to Canada

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Canada advances the interests of both countries

Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to a 100-year pact on security and economic cooperation, plus a deal to share drone technology.
Osama bin Laden, interviewed by journalist Hamid Mir in 2001. Photo: Hamid Mir

The Long Shadow of Osama bin Laden

The attacks of 9/11 were designed to push the United States into overextending itself militarily and enter an imperial tailspin.
A 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City. Photo: DHS

Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...

We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
The California State Capitol in Sacramento, where SEIU Local 1000 has accused Governor Newsom's administration of bad-faith bargaining. Photo: Steven Pavlov, via Wikimedia Commons

California’s largest state worker union opens strike vote against Newsom administration

More than 100,000 workers will decide by October 7 after the state rejected most of the union's contract proposals.
The US Capitol, where Senator Bernie Sanders has convened a bipartisan briefing on AI risk for September 16. Photo: Martin Falbisoner, via Wikimedia Commons

Sanders brings AI risk researchers to a closed Senate briefing on AI danger

Geoffrey Hinton and two other AI risk researchers, but no tech executives, will address senators on September 16.
US Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. Photo: US Census Bureau (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Trump administration proposes excluding noncitizens from 2030 census count

The plan would also strip race, ethnicity and sexual orientation questions from the count that decides how many House seats each state gets.
A grocery store aisle. Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

AFL-CIO report warns digital shelf labels could cost retail workers billions in wages

Maryland and New Jersey have already moved to restrict the technology, betting its pricing infrastructure poses as much risk to shoppers as to store staff.

US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests

Press freedom groups say the move follows crackdowns on immigrants and university researchers.
A private jet on the tarmac. Photo: Bidgee/CC BY-SA 3.0 au

Treasury refuses to close private jet tax loophole senators call a giveaway to billionaires

The formula values a flight from New York to Washington at $236, against a fair market cost of up to $5,112
Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo: Parkerjh / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike