Blog April 21
Centre-right student associations are hiring bogus, expensive audit firms and then firing unionized workers
Michael Bueckert | Regressive, centre-right student unions across Ontario have adopted a brand new tactic to pursue their agenda on university campuses: hire dubious audit firms staffed by friends.
Columnists April 21
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As pot legalization shows, the path to social change is winding
Rick Salutin | Deep social change happens so slowly it looks like nothing is happening. The imminent legalization of (nonmedical) marijuana is a perfect example.
Podcast April 20
Jessica Sikora, John Clarke, Avi Lewis, Guy Caron and Josephine Grey
Universal basic income: Yea or nay?
Victoria Fenner | Will a guaranteed basic income release people from the poverty trap or keep them in it? A spirited debate exploring the issues from both sides and all points between.
Blog April 20
Trump's favourite peddlers of white male revenge fantasies pulled off air
Penney Kome | Alex Jones, Bill O'Reilly and Robert Ailes inspired some of Donald Trump's wildest claims.
Blog April 20
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Premier Rachel Notley's NDP wins Alberta's first-quarter fundraising sweepstakes, continuing trend from 2016
David J.Climenhaga | If the latest numbers show anything it's how much support there is for the NDP, notwithstanding the prevailing narratives on the right and in mainstream media.
Columnists April 20
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Arkansas plans flurry of executions unprecedented in modern U.S. history
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | If he gets his way, Arkansas' Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson will execute eight men in 11 days this month. On Feb. 27, he issued the death warrants for the prisoners.
News April 19
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Legacy of Little Mountain shows devastating failure of B.C. Liberals' housing strategy, say critics, former residents
Tessa Vikander | Housing advocates say the redevelopment process for B.C.'s oldest social housing site has failed the residents because it broke up a vibrant community.
Blog April 19
Stephen Mandel, would-be uniter of Alberta’s "centre," when he was a Tory minister. (David Climenhaga photo.)
One big problem for Alberta's 'unite-the-centre' effort: The NDP is already there
David J. Climenhaga | About the only difference between the Dippers of '17 and the Tories of '71 is that a slightly larger percentage of NDP policy is more than mere rhetoric.
Podcast April 19
Image Copyright: Martin Himel. Used with permission.
Martin Himel on family, isolation, identity and loneliness
Face2Face | Martin Himel and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film "Secrets of Survival," family, isolation, identity and loneliness -- and the secrets we all keep.
Columnists April 18
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Liberals follow in Conservatives' footsteps with government by the PMO
Duncan Cameron | Turning Canadian democracy over to the PMO may make it simpler to govern. Watching the Trudeau PMO at work shows it does not improve a government's ability to perform the duties it promised.
Blog April 18
Contingent of Nepalese Peacekeepers Arrives in Juba from Haiti, 2014
UN occupation of Haiti ends but abuses remain
Yves Engler | UN abuses in Haiti aren't an unfortunate outgrowth of a well-meaning peacekeeping effort. Rather, MINUSTAH was established to consolidate the U.S., France and Canada's anti-democratic policies.
Podcast April 18
Image: Nhl4hamilton - public domain.
Organizing tenants, building solidarity
Scott Neigh | Tammy and Alex talk about the work of the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network to build a fighting tenants movement.