Daniel Schwartz
@danielschwartz4.bsky.social
Journalist based in Barcelona and Toronto. Retired CBC News producer.
Opinion | Toronto Star
"the underlying driver of the affordability crisis: wages have not kept pace with the soaring cost of living."
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"the underlying driver of the affordability crisis: wages have not kept pace with the soaring cost of living."
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The underlying cause of the affordability crisis — and the obvious solution
Some want more housing, others improved EI, writes Gustavo Indart. But the affordability solution is found in this fact: wages have not kept pace with the soaring cost of living.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Opinion | Toronto Star
"the underlying driver of the affordability crisis: wages have not kept pace with the soaring cost of living."
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"the underlying driver of the affordability crisis: wages have not kept pace with the soaring cost of living."
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My 2013 bio of #Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro: www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
Nicolas Maduro: the man who would be Chavez | CBC News
Nicolas Maduro, the man hand-picked by Hugo Chavez as his successor, is now the newly elected president of Venezuela.
www.cbc.ca
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
My 2013 bio of #Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro: www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
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It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
Some excellent journalism from @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... By @barryyeoman.com & @jocelynzuck.bsky.social
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Some excellent journalism from @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... By @barryyeoman.com & @jocelynzuck.bsky.social
"asked if immigration is generally a good thing or bad thing for the country, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults call it a good thing" - @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/692522/... (I missed this poll from July showing a big shift in the past year on views about immigration in USA)
Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated
The percentage of Americans wanting less immigration has dropped by nearly half this year to 30%, with 79% now saying immigration benefits the U.S.
news.gallup.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"asked if immigration is generally a good thing or bad thing for the country, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults call it a good thing" - @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/692522/... (I missed this poll from July showing a big shift in the past year on views about immigration in USA)
"Canada remains the top preferred destination for younger American women looking to leave." - @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/697382/... (Canada is #1 on Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index, although that was 5 years ago.)
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"Canada remains the top preferred destination for younger American women looking to leave." - @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/697382/... (Canada is #1 on Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index, although that was 5 years ago.)
One of the books discussed by @omerbartov.bsky.social is Pankaj Mishra's The World After Gaza. PM spoke this week at CCCBarcelona to @benehrenreich.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One of the books discussed by @omerbartov.bsky.social is Pankaj Mishra's The World After Gaza. PM spoke this week at CCCBarcelona to @benehrenreich.bsky.social
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“It is this sense of “never again” that permits most Jewish Israeli citizens to see themselves as occupying the moral high ground even as they, their army, their sons and daughters, and their grandchildren pulverize every inch of the Gaza Strip.” — @omerbartov.bsky.social
‘Infinite License’ | Omer Bartov
The memory of the Holocaust has, perversely, been enlisted to justify both the eradication of Gaza and the extraordinary silence with which that violence has been met.
www.nybooks.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“It is this sense of “never again” that permits most Jewish Israeli citizens to see themselves as occupying the moral high ground even as they, their army, their sons and daughters, and their grandchildren pulverize every inch of the Gaza Strip.” — @omerbartov.bsky.social
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A fascinating feature in @wsj.com about an American enamored with Putin's Russia who went to Ukraine to become an amateur spy for the Kremlin. By @verambergen.bsky.social & Brett Forrest www.wsj.com/world/europe...
The American Who Went Undercover in Ukraine—for Moscow
Daniel Martindale’s decision to become a spy comes amid a growing ultraconservative embrace of Russian values.
www.wsj.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A fascinating feature in @wsj.com about an American enamored with Putin's Russia who went to Ukraine to become an amateur spy for the Kremlin. By @verambergen.bsky.social & Brett Forrest www.wsj.com/world/europe...
For a revealing look inside a celebrity smear campaign: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b... #ItEndsWithUs
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ (Gift Article)
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
For a revealing look inside a celebrity smear campaign: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b... #ItEndsWithUs
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New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries
Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count
academic.oup.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:50 AM
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
This Reuters feature has the background on migration to Spain's Canary Islands, especially El Hierro. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
The Spanish island that is Europe's new migration frontline
El Hierro, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, is Europe's latest frontline in the struggle to cut irregular migration. Nearly twice as many migrants as residents have landed this year on the southernmost of Spain's Canary Islands.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:07 AM
This Reuters feature has the background on migration to Spain's Canary Islands, especially El Hierro. www.reuters.com/world/europe...