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Duncan Cameron January 19

A spectre of fascism haunts the U.S. presidential inauguration

A spectre of fascism looms over Joe Biden's inauguration because neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have been willing or able to address the serious injustices that prevail in U.S. society.

Rick Salutin January 15

Doug Ford's COVID plan? A whole lot of nothing

Doug Ford and his government have given up on doing anything to deal with COVID-19, and are waiting for the vaccines to enact what the government won't.

Monia Mazigh January 15

Should the Proud Boys be labelled terrorists?

Anti-terrorism legislation is a politically motivated tool that governments use at the expense of vulnerable groups. Can it be used to address violence by white supremacists?

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan January 14

U.S. Capitol riot lays bare ugly realities of racism and inequality

The violent white-supremacist insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 put some ugly truths in stark relief.

Linda McQuaig January 14

Rise of 'private ownership on steroids' fuelling Ontario long-term care crisis

The greatest danger in long-term care may be posed by the emergence of "financialized" enterprises that focus relentlessly on cost-cutting to drive ever-higher profit margins.

Rick Salutin January 8

The reduction of the U.S. to fascism is ongoing

The storming of the U.S. Capitol was, for shock and symbolic value, a homegrown version of 9/11. Except it was U.S. terrorists directed by their president, defecating on their own national symbols.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan January 7

The violent riot on the U.S. Capitol was shocking but predictable

With Trump and Confederate flags waving, violent insurrectionists rampaged through the halls of Capitol Hill in Washington.

Linda McQuaig December 18

Shielding the cruel factory farm industry from public scrutiny

Six years after industry announced a phase-out of factory farms, millions of pigs in Canada continue to spend their lives locked in narrow cages -- because the ban doesn't come into effect until 2024.

Brian Iler December 18

Reflections on the WE fiasco

An apparently hugely successful charity and social enterprise empire, WE Charity found itself vilified in the media, resulting in the loss of donors and the eventual closing of its Canadian operation.

Lois Ross December 15

National Farmers Union offers the gift of food-production education this holiday season and beyond

The NFUniversity is working to educate, build awareness and encourage alliances with those who understand the importance of food production, but do not necessarily farm.

Rick Salutin December 11

Pandemic a bad time to be a right-wing premier

A global pandemic isn't the best circumstance for invoking libertarian individualism and the all-purpose value of the private sector.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan December 10

Alliance mobilizes for a people's vaccine

A people's vaccine would prioritize global public health over the profits of pharmaceutical corporations, serving as a model for combating pandemics we face now and in the future.

Monia Mazigh December 10

Legal and political agendas asserted on the backs of Quebec's Muslim communities

Last month, Quebec's Court of Appeal reduced Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonette's life sentence without parole from 40 years to 25 years.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan December 3

Trump ponders pardoning himself as 54 death row inmates face execution

Trump would be the first president in U.S. history to pardon himself. Meanwhile, the 54 people on U.S. federal death row can expect no such mercy from the lame-duck president.

Matthew Behrens November 30

Draconian sentence of abuse survivor reveals courts' disconnection from reality

Helen Naslund is paying a steep price for our collective failure to protect her from male violence.

Celia Chandler, Pro Bono November 27

Where there's a will, there's a way forward

While wills are important to dividing up the fortunes of the rich, they are just as important for regular people who don't own property or have big bank accounts.

Lois Ross November 26

Pandemic encourages city dwellers to learn about agriculture

"The reality is that most Canadians do not know much about food issues -- they do not understand issues of farm to plate," says Mark Gregory, founder of Farmwork to Feed Canada.

June Chua November 25

'The Donut King' is a sweet story with surprising fillings

"The Donut King" tells the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Ted Ngoy, blended with the tragedy of the Cambodian civil war, and glazed by the fascinating rise of doughnut shops in America.

Linda McQuaig November 20

Long-term care failures highlight dangers of pro-privatization dogma

Contrary to business mythology, the private sector doesn't always do things better. Rather, it always does things to make a profit.

Rick Salutin November 20

Despite anti-interventionist bluster, Doug Ford is the 'nanny state' personified

Like former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Ontario Premier Doug Ford attacks the so-called "nanny state" while embodying it in word and action.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan November 19

U.S. Indigenous communities see COVID cases surge, but their political power is growing

The Native American population turned out for the recent U.S. election in record numbers.

Rick Salutin November 13

Trump's refusal to concede highlights shallow roots of democratic norms

The apparently deep roots of social cohesion are really quite shallow, since they must be replanted by each generation, who arrive in the world assumption-free.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan November 12

Trump's election loss recalls Southern Confederacy's 'lost cause'

Trump and Trumpism, embraced by over 70 million American voters in this past election, are the new embodiment of the Confederate states' so-called "lost cause" narrative.

Rick Salutin November 6

Narrow Biden win could shake up U.S. Democrats

If Joe Biden sailed into office in a landslide win, the inept, corrupt leadership of the Democratic party would learn nothing, and likely carry on as normal.

Monia Mazigh November 6

French state's demand that Muslims forget colonial history shows double standard

French officials commonly invoke the nation's republican history when discussing the fight against terrorism, but are reluctant to address French colonial crimes.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan November 5

U.S. Democrats expand progressive wing in Congress

With intense focus on the presidential election, the electoral successes of progressive congressional candidates has been overlooked.

Bill Blaikie November 3

The problem with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is her right-wing brand of Catholicism

The problem with Coney Barrett is not that she is a Catholic. It's that she is associated with a Catholic right wing that has been fighting and ignoring over a century of Catholic social teaching.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan October 29

Why the U.S. electoral college is anti-democratic

"The founding fathers were really not inclined to have real popular choice of the people who would run our government," said the late historian Howard Zinn.

Safia Lakhani, Pro Bono October 29

Court order gives Mi'kmaw fishers temporary protections, but what are the next steps?

Mi'kmaw lobster fishers in Nova Scotia have endured shocking acts of violence and intimidation from commercial fishers.

Lois Ross October 28

Percy Schmeiser's passing leaves a legacy of struggle for farmers' rights

Percy Schmeiser, who stood up tall in the face of a lawsuit from Monsanto, died of Parkinson's disease aged 89 on October 13.

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