Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sigal Samuel reports on Gary Bloch’s work in prescribing secure incomes to address health problems arising out of poverty. And Murtada Haizer and…
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five things you probably don’t know about frederick douglass (and u.s. history)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, David W. Blight’s monumental biography of that greatest of Americans, is a long, challenging, and utterly fascinating read. After waiting for months to borrow it…
A Window Into the Hateful Minds of Canada’s Far Right
The Globe & Mail has got its hands on what they were never supposed to see – 150,000 chat room messages exchanged among Canadian rightwing extremists. They come from all…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tom Parkin writes about the need for workers to be at the centre of a Green New Deal for Canada: Those determined to…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Morris Pearl and Pramila Jayapal make the case for raising more revenue from the people with the most to contribute. And Jayati…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Paul Krugman offers a reminder that the gap between the 1% and the rest of us is far larger than most people are…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frank Clemente is the latest to point out how the Trump Republicans’ tax cut scheme served only to further enrich the already-wealthy. And…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Simon Enoch examines Scott Moe’s bait-and-switch when it comes to carbon taxes, including his utter refusal to offer any other plan for…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Will McMartin writes that if we needed more evidence that Jason Kenney’s trickle-down economics are nothing but a scam to concentrate more wealth…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Bittle writes about rural homelessness as a seldom-discussed issue which calls out for a strong policy response to ensure the right…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Robert Borosage discusses why we shouldn’t let conveniently one-sided calls for civility silence debate over progressive possibilities. And Alex Ballingall reports on…
The Truth Is Out There
Actually, it is much closer than that, hiding in plain sight. Recommend this Post
what i’m reading: jackie robinson: a biography
I finished reading this fine biography a while ago, but I’ve been having trouble writing about it. It was very good. If some parts were a bit too detailed for…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Michael Mikulewicz and Tahseen Jafry discuss the responsibility wealthy countries bear for increasingly severe weather events – as well as the best…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alastair Sharp reports on the massive sums of money spent by oil barons in an attempt to undermine climate action. And Kyla Mandel…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda Givetash discusses how the consequences of climate breakdown include impending water shortages in the UK. But rather than recognizing and acting…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ahmed Sati offers some important – if belated – recognition of the need to fight against exclusionary bigotry. Jessica Davis focuses on…
The Ghastly Bigot and the Egg Boy
Fraser Anning is an Australian Senator and an avowed bigot.He has railed against women's rights and gay rights, and other progressive causes. But he saves most of his venom for…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew Mitrovica gives due credit to Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott for showing there’s some honour to be found in Canadian politics –…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Matthew Desmond writes about the large number of economic and social benefits from paying workers a living wage. And Stephanie Akin reports on…