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2 weeks ago | 
socialistalternative.ca | Tim Heffernan
Donald Trump has called “tariff” his favourite word, showing that he must have a limited vocabulary. When he imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in 2018, he claimed it was protecting American industry. In reality, these tariffs were a nationalist smokescreen for a deeper capitalist crisis — one where working people, not corporate elites, bore the costs.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan
Since 1997, New York City has purchased more than 1,800 properties to protect its drinking water. No longer. The largest single taxpayer in the Catskills is New York City. To protect its drinking water - 90 percent of which comes from Catskills watersheds - the city spent nearly three decades accumulating 156,350 acres of forest and fields. It's an area larger than all the land in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan combined.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan |Clark Hodgin
D.I.Y.You may need nothing more than a thorough wipe-down, a few touch-ups with stain, and a bit of wax to restore the original luster. To revive an old, battered desk, we had to go through all four steps of a complete furniture restoration: clean, repair, recolor and refinish. D.I.Y.You may need nothing more than a thorough wipe-down, a few touch-ups with stain, and a bit of wax to restore the original luster.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan
Take heart: This is likely the easiest Clean Everything article we’ll ever publish. If you can hand-wash a regular pitcher, you already know how to wash a filter pitcher—or a filter dispenser, if you have one of those. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTWhat you needDish soap and a soft sponge or rag: No abrasive powders, no scrubby pads, no solvents—they’d cause damage. Most filter pitchers aren’t supposed to go in the dishwasher, either. How long will this take to clean? It’ll be two minutes, if that.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan
Get cleaner air in a range of room sizes with air purifiers we’ve tested and measured firsthand.
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2 months ago | 
socialistalternative.ca | Violet Forrie |Bill Hopwood |Tim Heffernan
Mark Carney won with a landslide — supported by 86 percent of the over 150,000 Liberals who voted. After nearly a decade of Justin Trudeau, the Liberal party has found a new face for business as usual. Freeland, who came a distant second with 8 percent of the votes, differed little from Carney on policy. Trump, international trade, the economy, and militarism dominated the discussion. What really defined Carney as the frontrunner was his appearance of separation from Trudeau.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
socialistalternative.ca | Tim Heffernan |Arne Johansson
International Socialist AlternativeIn many parts of the world, the clock appears to be turning back on the gains made by the women’s movement and workers’ struggles in the past. This is a symptom of a capitalist system which, in its state of crisis and decay, turns towards reactionary ideas and leaders to defend itself. Faced with this, what’s needed now is a strong socialist feminist response.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan |Clark Hodgin
Welcome back to our D.I.Y. column, where we tackle home improvement projects, from basic repairs to simple restorations, which you can do in just a few hours. In our first installment last month, we showed you how to hang anything on your walls. In other words, we made some holes. Cosmic balance demands that we now learn how to patch them. This is a skill that almost anyone can put to use. If you're a renter, you can repair the wear-and-tear you've caused and get your security deposit back.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
socialistalternative.ca | Tim Heffernan |Leslie C. Kemp
It is said of politicians that they have one thing in common with diapers: they should both be changed regularly … and for the same reason. Regularity in terms of the election cycle in Ontario is every four years meaning that the next election, under normal circumstances, would have been June 2026. Doug Ford calculated that leaving an election until then was too risky — risky, that is, from the perspective of Ford himself not being able to retain power for another four years.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
myheraldreview.com | Tim Heffernan
Whether you live in a house or an apartment, you probably have a list of small-scale home-improvement projects that you want to accomplish — someday. Maybe it’s a room that needs a paint job, or a leaky toilet you wish you didn’t have to call a plumber about. You’ve come to the right place. In our new DIY series, we’ll be tackling some of these projects, from basic repairs to simple restorations, which you can do yourself in just a few hours.
