A fight for holiday equality: How Black Santas shaped US civil rights
Montreal, Canada – Even before he formally re-entered the White House last month to begin his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump had repeatedly taken aim at an unlikely target: Canada. Trump argued his country’s northern neighbour had failed to stem irregular migration and drug trafficking at its border with the…
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund within the next year, saying it could potentially buy the short video app TikTok. Trump offered on Monday little in the way of detail, and it was unclear how such a wealth fund would work. Typically such…
As wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighbourhoods, many people have taken to the internet to blame the destruction on the mayor and budget cuts. The critics included the Los Angeles Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong. “Fires in LA are sadly no surprise,” Soon-Shiong wrote on January 8 on X,…
Coco Gauff wrote “RIP TikTok USA” and drew a broken heart on a camera lens shortly after reaching the Australian Open quarterfinal after the popular app, used by 170 million Americans, stopped working in the United States. TikTok disappeared from Apple and Google app stores in advance of a law that takes effect on Sunday,…
The Listening Post A ceasefire agreement at last – but will it hold? Understanding the details of the ceasefire deal and why so much remains in the balance. Read more The long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brings to a halt more than 15 months of genocidal war on the occupied Gaza Strip. Its…
Here is the situation on Thursday, December 26: Fighting: Russian and Ukrainian forces have once again engaged in fierce battles around the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff said that 35 Russian attacks were reported around the city on Wednesday. “Three Russian armies are concentrated here against us,” Ukraine’s regional…