Haiti's transitional presidential council selects Gary Conille as prime minister. Learn about the process and the controversy surrounding it.

If over the rest of this decade, the world economy slows or goes into recession and Mexico cannot export its way out of such a crisis, pressure will be on Sheinbaum to apply ‘fiscal austerity’ to reverse the gains made by labour under AMLO. When Lula in Brazil gave way to Dilmar Rousseff as president, a similar situation to Mexico now, the downturn in the world economy in the 2010s forced Rousseff to adopt pro-capitalist measures, eventually leading to her downfall through impeachment by Congress. Sheinbaum will need to avoid a similar fate as Mexico’s first woman president.

ProPublica | What you need to know about the inside story of how the company allowed PFOS to seep into all of us while sitting on research that showed the chemical is toxic.

Jacobin | Jeremy Corbyn was recently expelled from the Labour Party when he announced he was running for reelection to Parliament as an independent. He talked to us about his long career as an MP and why he expects to win this July.

Canadian Dimension | We cannot allow ourselves to be misled by property hoarders who want to blame the housing crisis on economically precarious temporary residents while they collect the rent. As Laurence Braun-Woodbury writes, this is not a population crisis; this is a commodity bubble created by investor enthusiasm and avarice.

BBC | Millions of Nigerians are without power as workers demand a huge increase in the minimum wage.

Jacobin | Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidential election in a landslide. In her victory speech, she paid homage to the social movements of the past and promised to continue MORENA’s impressive record of social progress.

The Breach | The anti-establishment circus in Ottawa isn’t for the corporate class—it’s meant for the rest of us

The Progressive | New Mexico’s unprotected waters demonstrate how pollution, drought, and the climate crisis converge to harm communities.

Le Monde | The government of South Korea's capital Seoul found toxic substances in amounts hundreds of times above acceptable levels in children's products.