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Karly Wilson, Pro Bono
August 28
As remote working exacerbates gender inequalities in the workplace, non-profit board chairs should start conversations about what they can do to work towards equality. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
August 27
Last Sunday, Rusten Sheskey, a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, fired seven shots at point-blank range into the back of 29-year-old African American Jacob Blake. |
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June Chua
August 27
"The Monkiest King" will be broadcast for the first time on August 29 on the CBC radio show "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera with Ben Heppner." |
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Lois Ross
August 26
Engaging reads on agriculture and food for the last days of summer. |
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Matthew Behrens
August 25
As government officials dismiss their legal obligations to asylum seekers, it falls to the rest of us to ensure an end to warehousing, hunting and deportations. |
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Rick Salutin
August 21
We're back at Toronto City Hall and the Raptors' victory rally. Cue the boos at Ontario Premier Doug Ford's name. |
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Linda McQuaig
August 20
If the NDP could push Justin Trudeau to embrace a Canadian Green New Deal, it could be an inspiring counterpoint to calls for austerity from Bay Street and Conservatives. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
August 20
Biden has vowed to veto any Medicare-for-all bill that reaches his desk if he becomes president, despite increasing calls for such a program from within his own party. |
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Michael Hackl, Pro Bono
August 7
Harassment need not be by a superior at work, or even a co-worker, and the protection provided by occupational health and safety legislation is not limited to harassment on human rights grounds |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
August 6
The United States, the wealthiest and most powerful nation in world history, is also number one in COVID-19 infections and deaths. |
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Rick Salutin
July 31
"Free the Children" was earnest and urgent. "WE" is vague, self-absorbed verging on self-indulgent, and unthreatening to anything or anyone. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
July 30
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. |
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Linda McQuaig
July 30
Alberta's management of its economy is nothing short of a disaster -- something to keep in mind as Kenney and his followers push for maintaining the pro-corporate model in the post-pandemic order. |
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Rick Salutin
July 27
The deep logic of Trump's turn to deputized goonery, is that military force is the only thing, in recent decades, that the U.S. state has been granted full legitimacy for. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
July 23
The response in Oregon to U.S. President Donald Trump's outrageous and likely unconstitutional deployment of federal agents has been resoundingly critical. |
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Monia Mazigh
July 22
Last May, human rights experts at the United Nations called on Canada to repatriate little Amira, and have described the repatriation of children as "a humanitarian and human rights imperative." |
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Lois Ross
July 21
The pandemic has exposed and intensified severe hardships, but it is also showing us a path towards healthier ways to produce food. |
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Matthew Behrens
July 20
Instead of an external review, a full public inquiry into the crimes of CSIS designed by those who have suffered from the agency's practices is a more fitting approach. |
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Rick Salutin
July 17
Trudeau had a clear conflict of interest in the WE scandal, but it amounts more to an embarrassment than an outrage. |
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Jim Stanford
July 10
After four months of terrible economic data, last week's employment report from Statistics Canada contained some welcome news. But it confirms we are still locked in a historic crisis. |
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Erin Knight, Digital Freedom Update
July 6
FRT systems are notoriously bad at identifying people of colour, leading to innocent people being wrongly identified as criminals. |
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Rick Salutin
July 3
Justice Joseph Di Luca found off-duty Toronto police officer Michael Theriault guilty of assault but not aggravated assault. Christian, his brother, was found not guilty of aggravated assault. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
July 2
President Trump's planned rally at Mount Rushmore occurs as the U.S. suffers an explosion of COVID-19 cases and a national debate on how to deal with symbols enshrining systemic racism. |
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Linda McQuaig
July 2
After talks with Larry Fink, Trudeau is gearing up to spend billions on new infrastructure in a way that will drive up costs and allow national assets to be owned by foreign elites. |
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Monia Mazigh
July 2
Recent examples of police brutality against racialized peoples highlight the importance of sustaining calls to defund the police. |
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June Chua
June 29
"Finding Sally," a documentary film directed by Tamara Mariam Dawit, takes viewers on a journey through Ethiopia's violent history. |
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Rick Salutin
June 26
On "pro-Palestinian" motions, Canada voted no 166 times. Norway and Ireland, the two other competitors for the Security Council seat, never did. |
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Lois Ross
June 25
During the pandemic, the over-arching threat of being deported has been enough to keep many workers silent and risking their health and that of their co-workers. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
June 25
Across the sports world, athletes are speaking out, risking their careers in the fight against racism. |
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Celia Chandler, Pro Bono
June 25
COVID-19 has increased the demand for medical assistance in dying, but the pandemic has also made it more difficult to access. |
