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Mural depicting Pauli Murray. Image credit: abbyladybug/Flickr
'Who is Pauli Murray?' honours life of civil rights icon
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The pioneering African-American legal scholar and organizer for racial and gender equality was celebrated this week at the annual Sundance Film Festival with the premier of a new documentary.
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Can people and societies really change?
Rick Salutin | Can people (and societies) really change, contrary to what they've always been? In general, no; but sometimes, maybe?
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U.S. Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis at the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2017. Image: Mobilus In Mobili/Flickr
John Robert Lewis, rest in power
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Civil rights icon John Lewis’ commitment to the principles of justice, equality, and the power of nonviolent protest should serve as a north star as we navigate these difficult days.
Podcast
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'Sniff Off!' A look at your rights if a police sniffer dog comes to check you out
Victoria Fenner | Michelle Guo takes a look at the laws surrounding the use of sniffer dogs in Canada.
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Martin Luther King's battle for racial justice can inform our reaction to the Gerald Stanley murder trial
How Martin Luther King Jr.'s activism can inform our reaction to the Gerald Stanley trial
Dennis Gruending | Indigenous and Black experiences of oppression are not equivalent, but we can learn from civil rights activism when fighting for justice for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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Message of support in French and English to the muslim community on the front door of Centre islamique de Verdun (4538, rue de Verdun, Montréal), in the Verdun borough of Montreal on 20 February 2017, in the aftermath of the Quebec City mosque shooting. Image: Fredisonfire/flickr
Only the people can make January 29 a National Day Against Islamophobia
Ehab Lotayef | If civil rights movements wait for the politicians, nothing will change.
News
Stitch-by-Stitch's Unsettling Canada Day Sewing Circle was held in solidarity with Unsettling Canada 150 National Day of Action by Idle No More and Defenders of the Land. Photo: Elizabeth Littlejohn
Plenty to do in a year of challenges: 2017 in rabble news
Cathryn Atkinson | From Indigenous demands for respect and recognition, to Donald Trump's dog whistles to racists, to the Canadian housing crisis, to changes in the NDP, 2017 was a busy news year for rabble writers.
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Building monuments nationwide to commemorate the victims of lynching
| The Equal Justice Initiative has launched the most ambitious memorial project to document lynchings in the United States
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In 2012, the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) struck a Working Group to investigate the challenges faced by racialized licensees, who comprise approximately 18 per cent of lawyers in Ontario.
The Law Society's Statement of Principles and what's at stake
Safia Lakhani, Pro Bono | There is a lot of push back against the report, which concluded discrimination and bias are experienced daily by racialized licencees
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Morning mist Heart Lake, High Peaks region. Photo by Karl Nerenberg
Talking to Americans: Democracy in the Trump era
Karl Nerenberg | An Ohio father and son share a contemptuous skepticism about the current occupant of the White House. And yet, they still have faith in the fundamental fairness of U.S. democracy.
Podcast
Race relations, civil rights and the Rat Pack
David Peck | Sam and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film premiering at TIFF, race relations in America, courage and why Sammy Davis Junior was the greatest entertainer of the 20th century.
Podcast
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Disruption is Power: Angela Davis at the Canadian Labour Congress Convention
Victoria Fenner | Civil rights activist, educator, and author Angela Davis spoke at the 2017 Canadian Labour Congress Convention. Listen to her keynote address here.