A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers. While violent conflict between the neighbours has been commonplace for the past 80 years, this latest round of fighting felt different. Both sides used new weaponsContinue Reading
commentary The HHS Secretary’s attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health Published May 18, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The siren call was apparently irresistible. “Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants,”Continue Reading
On a cool, drizzly day in Oakland, California, the film director Boots Riley often seemed less like a person than like a landmark—clockable from a distance. In part, this was because Riley, who is fifty-five, wore a gargantuan, lumpy tomato-red felt hat with a wide brim, like the cowboy hatContinue Reading
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The image of peer superpowers during President Trump’s visit displayed a dynamic that analysts say the Chinese have long sought and Americans had resisted…Read MoreContinue Reading
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during Ministerial Statement on the Middle East at the House of Commons in London, Britain, April 13, 2026. © House Of Commons | Via Reuters LONDON — European stocks closed broadly higher Thursday as investors keep an eye on political developments in the U.K.Continue Reading
TORONTO — At a conference bookended by speeches from former President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the leading lights of the global center-left gathered to consider their fate. The Global Progress Action Summit was billed as a “progressive version of CPAC,” the right-wing conference that has becomeContinue Reading
OMAHA, Neb. — The fate of Nebraska’s “blue dot” – a small, but significant factor in presidential politics – will take center stage Tuesday as Democratic voters select a congressional nominee in the state’s high-profile 2nd District. The Omaha-area district, where Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon is retiring, is oneContinue Reading
May. 11, 2026, 4:41 PM EDT In seemingly the blink of an eye, the gerrymandering wars have turned against Democrats — all because of unelected judges imposing their views over the will of voters and elected officials. If Democrats are able to win back power despite the new electoral hurdlesContinue Reading
Elections in England, Scotland and Wales have put further pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s already troubled leadership of the United Kingdom’s Labour government. These results are further evidence of significant trends in all liberal democracies – not least Australia. First, they suggest the era of dominance by two major partiesContinue Reading
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