2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (622+ words) As they presided over its 50th national conference in Adelaide last week, the Labor Party’s factional powerbrokers were anxious to suppress even the most limited discussion of contentious issues. The conference was the first held since the Israeli genocide in Gaza…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (658+ words) The federal Labor government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) had delivered just 1,432 of the promised 40,000 “social and affordable” homes as of April—more than two years after its launch—official figures released last month revealed. The scheme, a central…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (752+ words) President Donald Trump’s campaign appearance in Michigan Monday was a demonstration of his utter indifference to the declining living standards of working people, as he celebrated an economic boom that has no basis in reality, except for the rise in…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (684+ words) On Saturday, Ukraine struck an Iranian cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea with a long-range drone, indicating a further convergence of the US-NATO war against Russia and the US-Israeli war against Iran. The incident, confirmed by Iranian and international reporting…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1131+ words) French authorities are actively considering the evacuation of Bordeaux, with a population of over 250,000 and a metropolitan area inhabited by 850,000 people. Home to some of the most prestigious vineyards in the world, it has stood for more than 2,000 years and…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1045+ words) The secretary-treasurer has historically been the second most powerful office in the UAW and has often served as a stepping stone to the presidency. The office oversees more than $1.2 billion in union assets, including the massive strike fund and roughly…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1217+ words) The Albanese Labor government is preparing to implement a report designed to strengthen Australia’s already sweeping foreign interference and espionage laws, which can criminalise simply undertaking political activity in coordination with any overseas organisation. An official review of the legislation,…...

6+ hour, 34+ min ago   (357+ words) More than 1,000 public schools shut their doors during the 2025–26 school year, up from 755 four years earlier—a 35 percent increase, according to National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) figures reported this month. The wave is only accelerating. Board votes already on…...

14+ hour, 38+ min ago   (522+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit Monday to the UK was the first by a foreign leader since Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office just a week ago. They met Monday on board the Queen Elizabeth, one of the two UK…...

14+ hour, 38+ min ago   (574+ words) Israel has intensified its assault on the occupied West Bank. According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 1,111 Palestinians, at least 243 of them children, have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, at least…...