As Mark Carney is sworn in, America’s democratic decline has critical lessons for Canadian voters
Democracy is fragile. As a federal election approaches in Canada, it’s important to know the warning signs of extremism and ...
Why was it hard for the GOP – which controls Congress – to pass its spending bill?
Without Democratic votes to break a Senate filibuster, the GOP would not have been able to pass its stopgap spending bill and ...
The White House press pool became a way to control journalists – Trump is taking this to new levels
The work of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Watergate scandal during the 1970s is ...
Who are the Baloch Liberation Army? Pakistan train hijacking was fuelled by decades of neglect and violence
The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.
Two charts that explain why Reform isn’t being dented by its scandals
Nigel Farage is engaged in a very public spat with Rupert Lowe, one of his MPs. But it hasn’t dented Reform’s polling. Here’s ...
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
The layoffs further complicate staffing shortages at the Office for Civil Rights, which plays a vital role in promoting a ...
Abolishing NHS England could shift power from the centre – but health service overhauls rarely go well
The NHS is the largest public sector organisation in England, seeing 1.7 million people each day including in patients’ own ...
Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it?
Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness characterised by episodes of mania (high energy, impulsivity) and depression ...
China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroad
China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 ...
When humans use AI to earn patents, who is doing the inventing?
US patent law says inventors must be human, but they can use AI. This changes the nature of invention and raises the question ...
The push to restore semiconductor manufacturing faces a labor crisis − can the US train enough workers in time?
Bringing chip manufacturing back to America is a national security and economic priority, but a shortage of skilled workers ...
Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the ...