Prison Calls Are Increasingly Free, but Prisoners Still Aren’t

www.counterpunch.org— I recently saw the face of a friend whom I had never met before. In a video call to a California state prison facility, I was finally face-to-face—albeit via video chat—with Dominic Williams, who is serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and who has spent the majority of his life More

The Independent—Croissants aren’t French and pizza sauce isn’t Italian – the national dishes that aren’t from where you think. A food historian has kicked up controversy after claiming that there is ‘no such thing’ as Italian cuisine, sparking debate over the origins and ownership of food. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes’, suggests Hannah Twiggs

Digiday—While Biden signs the TikTok bill, marketers still aren’t panicking. No one seems convinced (yet) that an outright ban will happen anytime soon.

Global News—Capital gains tax changes aren’t in the budget bill — but still coming: Freeland. Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland affirmed her commitment to introduce changes to how capital gains are taxed, despite the measure not being included in the budget bill.