The Poverty Olympics' aim is to ensure that increased poverty is not the province's Olympic legacy.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will carry the Olympic torch on Feb. 12 to mark the start of the Games and completion of his "dream" Hydrogen Highway in Whistler, B.C.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be one of the final day’s torchbearers. I'm sure VANOC wishes they could bring up Mr. Freeze to work some magic up on Cypress Mountain.

Government funding policies are forcing hospitals to cut nursing jobs to balance their budgets, according to the Ontario Nurses' Association pre-budget submission.

An organization that represents over 140,000 university students across Ontario on Friday recommended an ambitious agenda of long-term changes.

While the good will pours in, it must be clear by now that the popularity of the NDP leader cannot break Canadian social democracy out of its box.

Vancouver Councillor Ellen Woodsworth is participating in the 2010 hunger strike relay, encouraging all to "have a heart for housing."

Everyone concerned about the future of Canada's social and government programs in general should be keeping a keen eye on Ottawa for the next month as we get closer to budget day on March 3rd.

In the middle of a period of prorogation, when Parliament is not sitting, the Harper government has sprung a sweeping new trade deal on Canadians.

Nuclear power, biofuels, clean coal: These are the Obama administration's answers to climate change.

Veteran journalist and editor Cathryn Atkinson has joined rabble.ca as the new News and Features Editor, rabble.ca announced today.

Recent comments by the Democratic Reform Minister indicate a rudimentary understanding of our democratic system.

Maybe I missed a story or a headline somewhere but I am having trouble finding much media reference to the NDP these days.

NDP candidate Cathy Crowe criticized Elections Ontario for only providing three polling stations in St. Jamestown, one of the most densely populated areas in Canada.

The four young men arrested last week for allegedly attempting to tamper with the phones at the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) have ties to Republican politicians, conservative think tanks.

With just under two weeks to go before the 2010 Olympics officially open, preparations are happening in the two opposing camps: the Integrated Security Unit and the anti-Olympic convergence.

It is difficult to imagine a country more accepting than the U.S. of any Israel policy or bad faith but Stephen Harper and his Israeli file manager, Jason Kenney, have shown they can outdo the U.S.

The cheers cascaded over the parking lot as Gary Barrett made the case for saving the Toronto Grace, one of the last remaining Salvation Army hospitals in the country.

Whistler held its first-ever Poverty Olympics Torch Relay on Jan. 31 with mascots, Chewy the Rat and Creepy the Cockroach.

In a landmark decision last week, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations could spend unlimited funds to influence American elections, overturning a century of legal precedent.

Students at Fanshawe College in London, ON tackle social justice issues by challenging their own hierarchy.

There is one consequence that politicians understand better than most. Votes at the ballot box. Voters are in a position to exact consequences from the Conservatives in the next election.

Margaret Atwood's speech about the importance of arts in the world economy was cut due to time constraints at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Here's the text from her speech.

Comment on a recent National Post article attacking Women Studies.

The CBC is paid for by taxpayers' money. But, the broadcaster doesn't seem satisfied with just taking our money once. It would like to take it again if you'd like to use CBC content on your website.

An interview with the Executive Director of Healing Hands for Haiti. An organization already on the ground helping Haitians with their short-term and long-term medical needs.

The sudden attention to women's issues by Harper and Ignatieff may be creating a new opening for feminists to push forward.

In his first State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touched on climate issues only briefly.

The movement for democratic reform is undoubtedly one of the most heartening developments in Canadian politics in a very long time.

Declaring pie-throwing as an act of terrorism is absurd, but this incident allows us to explore the tension between justice and the law.