Canada offers abortion to U.S. women if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Politics Insider for May 4: Doug Ford leads the pack; MPs debate lowering the voting age to 16
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Leaked document suggests U.S. court could undo Roe v. Wade
Politics Insider for May 3: Angry so-cons; the love-fest in Ontario
Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump
Canada’s first female ambassador to the U.S. talks Canada’s relationship with its neighbour to the south and why things aren’t as tense as they seem
The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever
Paul Wells: There was supposed to be a renewed Canada-U.S. relationship. The latest phone call between Biden and Trudeau suggests it is not going well.
The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border
Justin Ling: The public is distrustful of a reopening and the Liberals are ill-prepared. It doesn’t bode well for a return to normal anytime soon.
America withdraws from Afghanistan, and fails one more time
Adnan R. Khan: The list of America’s unfinished business is long, and bloody. And it is growing longer with the plan to abandon Afghanistan in its time of need.
The end of the reality TV presidency
Adnan R. Khan: The storming of the Capitol by Trump’s clownish supporters was a fitting end to the Trump era. But the gravest threat to America lives on.
Let’s not waste this crisis in American democracy
Andrew MacDougall: The first step to removing the poison that’s infecting our political systems is to stop injecting it. Let’s start at home, on both the right and the left.
Accept it, this is America now
Shannon Gormley: Where the United States is today—in the midst of every waking nightmare anyone has ever had about a President Donald Trump
The posterboys of American authoritarianism
Marie-Danielle Smith: Look at the faces in the mob, those merch-wearing zealots, attacking the U.S. Capitol as if rushing the stage at a rock concert