Mar 14, 2019
Billionaire claims about capitalism's benefits are wrong
Claims by billionaires like Bill Gates about capitalism heroically lifting humankind out of poverty turn out to be easily debunked. Imagine if that news got out.
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Mar 13, 2019
The reality of modern-day slavery
The Hum Podcast
Julie Francoeur of Fairtrade Canada talks about how people get caught up in slavery, how it finds itself in nearly everything we own, and ways to address this ever-growing dilemma.
Mar 6, 2019
Film 'Next of Kin' explores lasting scars of broken families and the urgent need to improve our child welfare system
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"Next of Kin" is a detective story in which the goal is not to catch a killer but to save a life. But what if one family connection could alter their future? Nadine Pequeneza talks about her film.
Feb 27, 2019
Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola on the fight for HIV treatment in South Africa
The Hum Podcast
South African AIDS activist Vuyiseka discusses the process of being diagnosed with HIV, the socio-economic politics associated with treatment, and why she has so much hope for the future of activism.
Jan 11, 2019
Defining poverty in Canada as a social disease first step to healing it
Penney Kome
Members of the new federal Advisory Committee on Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy all have personal experience of poverty, and they are working to build resilient communities across the country.
Oct 25, 2018
How to bring the ultrarich back down to earth
Mary Rowles
Two new books, Sam Pizzigati's "The Case for a Maximum Wage" and Sarah Smarsh's "Heartland," portray both extremes of the class divide in America.
Oct 18, 2018
Nicaragua's agrarian reform and revolution 40 years on
To better understand present-day events in Nicaragua, we need to revisit the 1979 Sandinista Revolution and the agrarian reform which was to have lifted the poorest citizens out of poverty.
Oct 4, 2018
Canada's incredible expanding wealth gap
Yutaka Dirks
Lars Osberg's "The Age of Increasing Inequality" is a valuable read for those hoping to make sense of inequality, as well as the arguments advanced by economists about the problem.
Sep 10, 2018
Planned minimum wage hike at risk in Ontario
Krystalline Kraus
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is calling on Doug Ford to repeal the hiked minimum wage that was implemented by the former Liberal government, right after Ford cancelled the basic income pilot.
Sep 5, 2018
'Give People Money': a persuasive case for a basic income
Rohan Ghatage
In her new book, Annie Lowrey crafts a convincing, left-leaning account for why UBI needs to be seriously considered as a means of lifting the world's most destitute well above the poverty line.
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