How Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill walked the impossible knife’s edge
Shannon Proudfoot: ’Separated by 27 years and a social landscape that has supposedly shifted on its moorings, two remarkable testimonies share inescapable parallels’
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Could this officially be the beginning of a post-NAFTA era?
Sept. 26: Canadian officials are seriously mapping out two bilateral deals, New Brunswick’s re-elected Liberal Premier is done for, Trump gets roasted—by himself.
United Nations delegates think Donald Trump is funny—despite themselves
Trump claimed that ’humanity is better’ thanks to him. In a body that sustains itself on problems it never solves, that’s cause for nervous laughter
Deep in Trump country, democracy takes the form of a one-armed man
America has dissolved into partisanship and Trumpism. But in Knox County, Kentucky, they still have Bill Oxendine
The next, best hope for Afghanistan
Until his assassination, Ahmad Shah Massoud fought the Taliban in the name of a tolerant, united Afghanistan. Now his son is taking up the struggle.
Why wrestlers like Kane have a strange hold on American voters
If politics is theatre, then no candidate is more authentic than the new mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.
In the heart of America, Trump is the only politician they know
With the midterm elections looming, Allen Abel visits a tiny town in Kentucky where only one name stirs interest—for better or worse
The end of what’s left of the Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance had lived on by name and logo thanks to Mexico’s Nueva Alianza. This week, that party too will cease to exist.
Why the American empire has lost control—and its failure is imminent
Pretending the world isn’t bleak feeds the mania for unreal hope that exists within American culture, argues Chris Hedges
The Trudeau government is losing its human rights battle with the Saudis—and missing a huge opportunity
Terry Glavin: Ottawa has much to gain by doubling down in defence of imprisoned activists. Why is it reduced to forelock-tugging and flattery?