Marc-André Argentino, Concordia University What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name just two things. The United States has...
As a liberal American who has never lived in a state where my presidential vote counted (thanks to our white, male, landowning founders having created a little system of disenfranchisement called the...
A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump made the disastrous unilateral decision to pull U.S. troops back from Syria’s border with Turkey, paving the way for an aggressive Turkish military operation...
The current U.S. presidential election is, so far, the one that has garnered the most interest and concern among the Venezuelan people. Due to the influence of the US, the results will not only...
Like most out and proud nerds, I am a fan of the superhero genre. I don’t always claim to understand its full scope and breadth, and I’m pretty damn picky about what parts of it I choose to pay...
In case you missed it, there’s a little thing called the longest government shutdown in history going on in the richest nation in the world right now — and it has to do with the sentient wig we...
It’s been a terrible week for diplomacy. For global stability. For U.S. leadership. And for customer service. First we asked Russia to stop being communist, now we’re telling it that when it...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Nanette Spurr's commentary on the American left's silence about antisemitism. And subscribe to...
The thing about companies like Facebook and Google is that data gathering is a feature, not a bug. It’s how they make their living – by offering highly targeted advertising options based on the...
For President Donald Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, their recent meeting couldn’t have gone better. Egos were stroked, there was no talk of those pesky “human rights”...