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Photo credit: MPRnews As the magnum opus of his second administration, Donald Trump promised sweeping reforms in immigration policy and enforcement. Indeed, he campaigned on having the American federal government carry out mass-deportations of undocumented migrants, an idea seemingly borrowed from European far-right groups. With his “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the agency responsible for carrying out deportations in the U.S., the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), had its budget raised to approximatelty 85B$, which makes the agency better funded than most modern militaries, including Canada’s (Center for International Policy). Trump’s…

Aggressive tariffs, intervention in the Middle East, ambitions of territorial expansion; ever since the Trump administration regained power a year ago, it has kept making bolder and more aggressive moves on the global checkerboard. Nowhere has this new era of American interventionism been more evident than in the theatrical regime change that occurred in Venezuela during the night of January 3rd, where the country’s head of state, President Nicolàs Maduro, was abducted by U.S. forces from his home. The Venezuelan leader is now awaiting trial in New York, where he…

Jeffrey Epstein : America’s Worst Rags to Riches Story (the image above is one of Jeffrey Epstein and his long-time aprtner, Ghislaine Maxwell) Who Was Jeffrey Epstein? Born to a middle-class New York family in 1953, he died in a New York jail in 2019. Jeffrey Epstein’s legacy is as disgusting as it is confusing. In 1974, while lacking any credentials, as, while he studied at NYU for three years, he never obtained his diploma, Epstein was somehow hired as a teacher of high school physics and mathematics at the…

Over 150,000 dead. Over 375,000 starving. Approximately 12 million displaced. That is the scale of the civil war in Sudan. The human brain cannot physically compute and understand such a magnitude of suffering. And yet, even as the conflict continues to claim victims in such unfathomable lengths of death and destruction, it is highly likely you have not heard much about it at all. Obviously, to even begin to understand the implications and scale of a conflict, some historical and geopolitical knowledge is needed. Sudan is no exception. In 1989,…

Everywhere in the Western world, nationalism and populism have seen a monumental rise, and now have seemed to take a hold of mainstream politics. Québec has been no exception. Even if it has sent many liberal representatives to Ottawa, it has mostly floored its provincial National Assembly with proponents of Québec nationalism, the bulk of them being members of François Legault’s CAQ party. The CAQ, though, is currently in big trouble, as its majority in parliament is at risk. It has been a part of multiple political scandals, including the…

You may have seen, since November began, a few mustache pins or blue ribbons with a mustache at the center pinned on some people’s clothing or bags. Those mustaches are the official symbol of Movember, an initiative to raise awareness on men’s health problems focusing primarily on men’s mental health and prostate cancer. Every year, during the month of November, men from all over the world grow their mustaches to show support and raise money for men’s health. Why Men’s Mental Health? Unlike popular belief, men struggle more with handling…

On November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m., The Great War finally came to an end. Although the armistice was technically only agreed upon hours earlier, at 5 a.m., the date and time have stuck with us through time. Today, 107 years later, this day is an occasion to commemorate all of the soldiers who have fought and died while in service. The first Remembrance Day, also called ‘Armistice Day’, took place in November 1919. On the 6th, a message written by King George V, addressed to ‘all people of the…

WHEN? OCTOBER 24th 2025 You might think that Municipal elections simply mean choosing a mayor. The reality is a bit more complex. Every 4 years, we vote for a new mayor of Montreal. We also vote for borough mayors and borough councilors. Montreal has 19 boroughs. We have a central city council made up of 65 seats, and 35 borough councilors. Eight candidates are running for mayor (Elections Montreal, 2025). Why vote? Most of us have a complaint or two (or three) about what Montreal has become and what it…