1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1066+ words) Although Black men vote overwhelmingly Democratic, even small shifts in their support can help swing razor-thin elections. They are often some of the most scrutinized but least understood voters, a blind spot that Thompson wants to fix. His mission led…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (491+ words) Emily St. John Mandel also wrote “Station Eleven,” which became a TV miniseries. Though the dystopian ‘Exit Party’ explores civil war and autocracy in America, it reads less prophetic than opportunistic. But this time, it should be noted, Mandel’s choice…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (429+ words) President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican convention, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. The promise comes after Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections and as affordability…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (245+ words) Negotiators are striving to implement reciprocal tariff reductions on $30 billion of goods “at an early date,” Commerce Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling said at a weekly briefing. She did not elaborate. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (473+ words) Orcas play in Chatham Sound near Prince Rupert, B.C., Friday, June, 22, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward OTTAWA - The federal government is abandoning plans to exempt certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk after an overwhelmingly negative response to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (346+ words) A woman walks near of a oil storage tank of Venezuela’s state-run oil company, PDVSA in Cabimas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2026. Chevron said Wednesday that it has been assigned additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt, where the company has an established…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (438+ words) New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair the damage wrought by climate change was struck down by a federal judge, who said the sweeping law reaches beyond a state’s responsibility and into…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1233+ words) Aidan Jeffers poses for a portrait on the campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keito Newman As Aidan Jeffers begins his graduate studies at the University of Toronto, he says he will…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (705+ words) Former President Joe Biden’s “Promise Me, America” stands out not just as a White House memoir — presidential memoirs are events unto themselves — but as a rare high-profile political book over the next few months. Nonfiction sales have slumped in recent years…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (187+ words) This cover image released by Scribner shows “American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump” by Kai Bird, with Susan Goldmark. (Scribner via AP) This cover image released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux shows “Music Against…...