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Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Toronto City Hall (Image: Ken Lund/Flickr)
Dafonte Miller case shows it's time to talk about the myth of 'the rule of law'
Rick Salutin | Justice Joseph Di Luca found off-duty Toronto police officer Michael Theriault guilty of assault but not aggravated assault. Christian, his brother, was found not guilty of aggravated assault.
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The fallen Christopher Columbus statue outside the Minnesota State Capitol after a group led by American Indian Movement members tore it down in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 10, 2020. (Image: Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons)
Toppling statues provides opportunities for collective reflection
Lorenzo Vargas | In Canada, there are renewed calls to rename monuments, buildings and streets across the country that honour colonial figures, not just as a symbolic act.
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Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park in 2019 (Image: Paul Sableman/Flickr)
Homeless people across Canada continue to face forcible decampment during the pandemic
Stepan Wood | The first article in a two-part series looking at the cycle of displacement of homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 'benevolent' policing of social work and mental health
Khadijah Kanji | Police officers carry the name, but don't monopolize the practice. Policing is structurally integral to all of our institutions, and is carried out both "benevolently" and violently.
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There's no one we'd rather be accountable to than you
Kim Elliott | We understand why the world needs independent, progressive media and analysis in the wake of a crisis.
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Canada's economic and racial inequities are more stark than ever
Robert Sweeny | The failure of successive governments to act on evidence has helped create the conditions for the spectacularly unequal Canada we live in today.
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Mount Rushmore. Image: Jéan Béller/Unsplash
Mount Rushmore, and the United States' white supremacist-in-chief
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | President Trump's planned rally at Mount Rushmore occurs as the U.S. suffers an explosion of COVID-19 cases and a national debate on how to deal with symbols enshrining systemic racism.
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John Fallon, CEO, Pearson, Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock and Mark Hoffman, president, CNBC in 2014. Image: Financial Times/Flickr
Wall Street billionaire talks Trudeau into changing course to benefit private investors
Linda McQuaig | After talks with Larry Fink, Trudeau is gearing up to spend billions on new infrastructure in a way that will drive up costs and allow national assets to be owned by foreign elites.
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Canada Day mystery: Why was Jason Kenney's holiday message removed then replaced with alternative version?
David J. Climenhaga | Four hours and two minutes after Kenney's Canada Day wishes were published yesterday, they mysteriously disappeared and were replaced by a darker message.
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Police at the June 6, 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Toronto. (Image: Photo by Mitchel Raphael)
Calls for defunding the police should continue
Monia Mazigh | Recent examples of police brutality against racialized peoples highlight the importance of sustaining calls to defund the police.
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Noam Chomsky in 2015. Image: Cancillería del Ecuador/Flickr
Noam Chomsky discusses prospects for post-COVID-19 society
Robert Hackett | Powerful elites are running scared, says Chomsky. "The peasants are coming with the pitchforks."
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Reflections from an elder in isolation
David Suzuki | If we could take a different path, away from the impossible dream that unbridled consumption and endless growth are necessary for progress, we might find our way to a different future.
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