Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions over Red Sea port have turned the Tigray peace deal into a political weapon

By Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet, Research fellow, University of Oslo; University of Cape TownAugust 25, 2026

An incomplete peace agreement has become a useful political tool to the Ethiopian government, the TPLF and Eritrea.

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The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics

Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.

Matthew N. Hannah, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAug 25, 2026

The Conversation

Young Canadians aren’t drifting toward conservative and far-right parties

The bigger movement in the data over the past quarter-century is at the other end of the age spectrum: A reliable base of older Conservative Party voters is largely gone.

Semra Sevi, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, University of TorontoAug 25, 2026

ProPublica

Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The post Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway. appeared first on ProPublica.

Hannah AllamAug 25, 2026

ProPublica

Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.

The post Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen. appeared first on ProPublica.

Audrey DuttonAug 25, 2026

Artforum

Model in 1972 Kwame Brathwaite Portrait Identified as Manasie Ree Horn

The photographer Kwame Brathwaite was best-known during his lifetime for his incisive portraits of the figures who made up the Black Power and civil rights movements, and now, the long-unknown subject of a 1972 photo taken by Brathwaite has been identified. The photo, which is part of the National Gallery of Art’s permanent collection in […]

Thomas PatierAug 25, 2026

Canary Media

Trump turns $500M grant for clean steel into funding for coal furnace

The money was mandated by Congress to help manufacturers like Cleveland-Cliffs adopt low-carbon tech. Now it’ll be used to extend the life of a polluting…

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