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Should the Proud Boys be labelled terrorists?
Monia Mazigh | 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?
Columnists
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U.S. Capitol riot lays bare ugly realities of racism and inequality
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The violent white-supremacist insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 put some ugly truths in stark relief.
Blog
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Rooting out white supremacy in the police and armed forces
Maya Bhullar | Racism in law enforcement and the armed forces has proven deadly countless times and seems embedded in the very fibre of these institutions.
Book Review
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'In Your Face' uncovers hypocrisy surrounding the niqab
Monia Mazigh | In her book, Natasha Bakht delves into the lived experiences of Muslim women who wear the niqab and documents the discrimination they face in Canada's legal and political systems.
Blog
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It's time for Canada to address environmental racism
David Suzuki | The absence of a legislative mandate or governance structures to address environmental racism in Canada is a blind spot that must be remedied.
Blog
RCMP sign in Surrey, B.C. Image: Waferboard/Flickr
RCMP body cameras will not increase accountability or provide transparency
Christopher J. Schneider | Any further expenditures on police body-worn cameras should cease until the public has clear information on how the cameras will definitively contribute to transparency and accountability.
Podcast
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Fighting to get police out of Winnipeg schools
Scott Neigh | Cam Scott, Irene Bindi, and Daniel Friesen talk about the work of Police-Free Schools Winnipeg.
Blog
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U.S. election shows need to confront all forms of injustice
David Suzuki | Because we're shaped by the societies we're part of, we must learn to recognize and overcome our own conscious and unconscious biases.
Podcast
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A grassroots freedom school for African Nova Scotian youth
Scott Neigh | Wendie Wilson and Rachel Zellars talk about the African Nova Scotian Freedom School.
Blog
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Anti-Zionism is not the same as anti-Semitism
Sid Shniad | It is essential for all to oppose anti-Semitism. At the same time, we must not allow the struggle for justice for Palestine to be impeded by deceptive misuse of the term.
Podcast
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Fighting racism at an Alberta university
Scott Neigh | Renae Watchman, Michael Truscello and Leah Hamilton talk about the work of the Mount Royal Anti-Racism Coalition.
Blog
Trudeau announcing support for Black entrepreneurs at a press conference in September 2020. Image: CanadianPM/Twitter
Canadians are using the term 'racialized' incorrectly
Yafet Tewelde | The normalizing of whiteness through the conflation of all non-white groups under the term "racialized" is endemic to how racism operates in Canada.
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