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Protesters celebrate in Mumbai, India, after Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following nationwide protests as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest movement. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

How Gen Z and India’s Cockroach Janata Party are successfully challenging Narendra Modi

The success of protest movements in India hinges on two main factors: the strategic importance of the movement’s voting base to the ruling BJP, and the degree to which the issue can be delegitimized.
A woman bikes along the waterfront in Toronto as wildfire smoke fills the city, on July 15, 2026. Climate change is creating new pressures on households and economies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor

As the climate breaks down, costs go up: Welcome to ‘climateflation’

Fossil-fuel dependence, the costs of adapting to a changing climate and the transition to cleaner energy are all driving up costs.
Donald Trump is prayed over with pastor Paula White during the National Faith Summit at Worship With Wonders Church in October 2024, in Powder Springs, Ga., a few weeks before he was elected president a second time. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Donald Trump’s dilemma: Ending the Iran war to appease Americans will anger his evangelical base

If Donald Trump decides to escalate the Iran war, Christian Zionists will be those cheering the loudest.
‘CE-5’ practitioners regard extraterrestrials as benevolent, highly intelligent beings physically present in space and around Earth. (Marcelina Pawlikowska/Unsplash)

Are UFOs inspiring a new religion?

People around the world are gathering in wilderness settings with the intention to initiate contact with UFOs using various techniques.
AI has changed the conditions under which trust, learning and assessment now happen. A person walks through the University of Montréal campus, in Montréal in September 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Why the real test of Canada’s AI strategy is in university classrooms

AI policy guiding university learning and teacher education must address how technology changes the social and emotional conditions of teaching and learning.
The best time to prepare for a healthy pregnancy is before it starts. If you have inflammatory bowel disease, speak with your gastroenterologist before conception if you can. (Unsplash+/Getty Images)

Nearly 1 in 100 Canadians has inflammatory bowel disease. Too many believe it rules out having children

Historically, women with inflammatory bowel disease were advised against pregnancy. Current evidence shows modern medication use in pregnancy leads to best outcomes for mother and infant.
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., in July 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad

New research shows that Canadian attacks on Indigenous rights are part of a clear international trend of what’s known as recolonization.
Inflation has fallen sharply from its 2022 peak, but many Canadians are still feeling the effects of higher prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Inflation is slowing, but the cost of living story is more complicated

Lower inflation does not mean prices will return to where they were before. Inflation measures the average change in prices over time, not which specific prices are rising or falling.
Many achievement gaps begin long before children write their first standardized math test. (Piqsels/Id Frela)

Math gaps between Ontario kids start in kindergarten — and often persist through Grade 9

Math achievement gaps begin in kindergarten and persist through Grade 9, highlighting the importance of investing in children’s early development.
Prolonged helplessness is special to us, and it complicates a common assumption about evolution: that it moves in a straight line toward greater independence and capability. (Unsplash)

Why being born helpless may be one of humanity’s greatest strengths

Human infant helplessness is not a weakness to be outgrown. It is an evolved trait that may be central to our ability to care for others.