Why Countries Must Fight for Digital Sovereignty
In this moment of crisis, we need a unified, progressive opposition to Donald Trump. We’re starting to see one take shape in the streets and at ballot boxes across the…
Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table
Activism / StudentNation / August 21, 2025 As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to…
Major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills 1, injures 15
Ukrainian servicemen of the 44th artillery brigade fire a 2s22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine on Wednesday. Danylo Antoniuk/AP hide caption…
African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa’s size
Alyson Hurt/NPR The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that…
In Which Kind of Factory Would You Find a Machine Called an Enrober?
You wanted more quizzes, and we’ve delivered! Now you can test your wits every day of the week. Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique…
Trump Can’t Actually Ban Mail Ballots. He Can Still Do a Ton of Damage.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump threatened to do…
D.C’s Senator Knew This Would Happen
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NATO jets scrambled as Vladimir Putin launches £320m hypersonic missile attack
A menacing Vladimir Putin staged his largest overnight hypersonic missile and drone attack on Ukraine since his Alaska summit with Donald Trump. The £320 million onslaught was launched on the…
Tourists banned from Costa del Sol sea as deadly ‘blue dragons’ spotted
Brits on holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca have been warned of ‘blue dragons’, which have a potentially deadly sting and have led to tourists being barred from entering the sea…
Vladimir Putin launches hypersonic attack in worst raid since Alaska summit
Russia hit Ukraine with one of its heaviest missile and drone of the war so far, forcing NATO to scramble fighter jets just days after Vladimir Putin travelled to meet…