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PROFILE: Lana Payne lets the contract expire rather than sign away Brampton
Profile· No. 5416

PROFILE: Lana Payne lets the contract expire rather than sign away Brampton

On September 20 at 11:59 p.m., the collective agreement between Unifor and Stellantis expired. Not one of the laid-off workers from the Brampton plant…

REVIEW: The MEI is right on Section 338, wrong to tell us to shelve our counter-tariffs
Review· No. 5414

REVIEW: The MEI is right on Section 338, wrong to tell us to shelve our counter-tariffs

The Montreal Economic Institute published a paper on September 23, 2026, that gives Canada two opposite pieces of advice. Trump will probably lose in…

PROFILE: Alexander Kynev counted votes, the charge speaks only of drugs
Profile· No. 5390

PROFILE: Alexander Kynev counted votes, the charge speaks only of drugs

Since September 23, Alexander Kynev’s channel has said nothing. His last post opens like all the others, with a notice in capital letters: this…

ESSAY: London trains its swarms on 6 million Ukrainian detections, no contract published
Essay· No. 5389

ESSAY: London trains its swarms on 6 million Ukrainian detections, no contract published

Ukraine’s most valuable asset is made of what it had to watch coming. And to protect it, Ukraine is lending it out.

REVIEW: Twenty hours to prove disadvantage, and Duffy’s rule bills 41,000 small firms
Review· No. 5377

REVIEW: Twenty hours to prove disadvantage, and Duffy’s rule bills 41,000 small firms

This is not a law. It is not a vote in Congress. It is not the end of the program, which the Department of…

ESSAY: Three justices and the Fed chair at dinner for Xi, with independence as a guest
Essay· No. 5374

ESSAY: Three justices and the Fed chair at dinner for Xi, with independence as a guest

There is the vice president. There is the secretary of state. There is the Treasury secretary. The attorney general. The chief justice of the…

REVIEW: Ro Khanna promises a trillion for child care, paid with money already promised
Review· No. 5373

REVIEW: Ro Khanna promises a trillion for child care, paid with money already promised

The number fits in two words, and it is enormous: a trillion. On September 25, 2026, at 5:03 a.m., ABC News publishes an exclusive…

PROFILE: Ketanji Brown Jackson calls out the fast pass, then makes Washington wait
Profile· No. 5367

PROFILE: Ketanji Brown Jackson calls out the fast pass, then makes Washington wait

Monday, 4 p.m. That is the time written into the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States, case 26A406.

PROFILE: Andrew Kan, the police chief who defends having no list and leaves the risk with the bookseller
Profile· No. 5361

PROFILE: Andrew Kan, the police chief who defends having no list and leaves the risk with the bookseller

There is no list. In Hong Kong, no public document says which books may be sold and which ones lead to the police station.…

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