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May 10, 2019

Maude Barlow speaks on poverty, populism and envisioning economic justice on our shared planet

Resh Budhu

We need a true vision of social solidarity and economic justice that can sustain our shared humanity and planet. Keynote speaker Maude Barlow will speak at the seventh annual Tommy Douglas Institute.

Columnists

Apr 24, 2019

UN decade of family farming puts spotlight on food insecurity

Lois Ross

The United Nations has declared the years 2019 to 2028 as the UN Decade of Family Farming, citing the need to stem hunger and work toward food security.

Columnists

Mar 14, 2019

Billionaire claims about capitalism's benefits are wrong

Linda McQuaig

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.

Podcast

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.

Podcast

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.

Podcast

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.

Blog

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.

News

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.

Columnists

Oct 18, 2018

Nicaragua's agrarian reform and revolution 40 years on

Lois Ross

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.

Book Review

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.

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