Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan lecturer in political science Matthew McManus and Liberal Currents co-founder and […]
Month: July 2026
Editor’s Notes: Trump Is a Crook, and the Concern Trolling Over Fraud Is Beneath Contempt
In May, the administration announced that it would be engaging in a “full-scale war on fraud,” which in practice means doing things like pausing $1 […]
A Warning in the Americas
The U.S. midterm elections are all but guaranteed to be chaotic and contentious, but no matter what their results portend for 2028 and beyond, recent […]
Trump’s EPA Wants Fewer People Asking Questions About Data Center Pollution
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is quietly considering a rule change that could make it […]
Russia’s ‘Axis Of Upheaval’ Is Built To Last Beyond Ukraine, Analyst Kendall-Taylor Says
Russia’s deepening partnerships with China, Iran, and North Korea represent one of the most significant geopolitical realignments driven by the war in Ukraine. Yet according […]
Trump Says Iran ‘Far More Serious’ In Talks, Even As Attacks Intensify, Widen In Region
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing […]
World chess chief steps aside after EU sanctions
Arkady Dvorkovich, Russia’s former deputy prime minister and president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), suspended his duties Thursday evening after the European Union sanctioned […]
EU signals relief over new US tariffs as Trump respects transatlantic truce
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Friday signaled it could live with new U.S. tariffs imposed over its alleged failure to ban imports made with […]
Japan’s fake fury over its free-falling yen
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s political fortunes are falling almost as fast as the yen these days — and the two are closely […]
Trump’s Iran War Is Going To Get Republicans Blown Out In The Midterms
On September 5, 2024 during a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump said, “Energy is going to bring us back. That […]
I Shall Not Live in Fear
After a twelve-year struggle against military conscription in Thailand, Buddhist conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal faces potential incarceration in July. The following is an essay he […]
Phil Scott Slides Below 50%, John Rodgers Is in Trouble, and Other Notes from a New UNH Poll
After months of essentially ignoring the contested statewide primary races, our media outlets are suddenly starting to pay attention. It’s as if somebody glanced at […]
What is China’s Shenzhou-23 mission? Inside the year-long space experiment
The astronauts will be testing how a year in space affects their body and will be conducting more than 100 experiments, like growing embryos and […]
It took months for an LGBTQ+ arts pop-up to resurrect an old church – but just three days to shut it down
Group behind Divine Playhouse considering legal challenge and discrimination complaint after religious protests turned venue into culture war Get our breaking news email, free app […]
Judge orders Hegseth to explain US military’s new testosterone policy
Court questions plan to offer male hormone treatment to cisgender troops while denying it to trans service members Pete Hegseth’s controversial plan to screen older […]
OpenAI Hacking Fiasco Exposes a “Deeply Insufficient” System to Protect the Public
The incident sounded straight out of a science fiction movie: OpenAI’s super-advanced tool hacked another AI company’s systems in an attempt to pass its own […]
Barrie hospital getting $9.8M shot in the arm from province
Local MPPs say funding aims to improve operations and reduce wait times at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre…See More
Fishing ban considered as NSW South Coast abalone populations depleted
As the NSW government considers closing 350 kilometres of shoreline to abalone harvesting, divers say the severe decline of the shellfish is due to mismanagement…See […]
First suspected positive case of H5 bird flu detected in Queensland
It’s the first wild, migratory seabird in Queensland to return a suspect positive case for H5 bird flu…See More
INCA calls government for clarity over future of UK digital infrastructure
The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has urged the government to give broadband and telecoms clearer political ownership following the decision to scrap the Department […]