Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jamie Ducharme examines the realities of a COVID-19 surge in progress – as well as the reason to worry that avoidable illness and…
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Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jessica Wildfire laments the great abdication of mutual responsibility which is resulting in countless preventable dangers being allowed to spread unabated. And…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jackie Ruryk reports on the push by public health officials to have people take precautions against COVID-19 and seasonal illnesses only after…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Elizabeth Payne reports on yet another COVID-19 wave in Ottawa which is far exceeding both the case numbers and harmful effects of seasonal…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Adam Bienkov highlights the evidence from the UK’s COVID-19 inquiry which has demonstrated the utter neglect for public health from Boris Johnson and…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jingwei Li et al. offer an update on the current state of knowledge surrounding long COVID, including the need for far more…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Derek Lynch writes about the need to recognize that humanity isn’t separate from the living environment it needs to survive. Eric Ralls points…
what i’m reading: for the win + labour book club update
Cory Doctorow’s novel For the Win may have been the most unexpected title on my Labour Book Club booklist. It’s kind of science fiction (but not really), kind of YA…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – William Ripple et al. offer a new and alarming state of the climate report. And Damian Carrington delves into their findings as…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Freedman examines how the climate breakdown is generating consequences far beyond those foreseen by previous projections. Seth Borenstein reports on the immense…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sameer Elsayed offers a primer on what people need to know about current COVID-19 risks. Mary Van Beusekom discusses the likelihood that long…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Arthur discusses how last week’s rallies for bigotry are reflective of a broader social illness which is being encouraged by right-wing parties…
real heroes for real reasons: female athletes moving the world forward
These days I can’t blog about events or issues that are meaningful to me until they’re old news — which of course in today’s world can mean only days or…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star’s editorial board writes that there’s still every reason to take precautions to avoid the spread of COVID-19, while Frances Ryan points…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tess Finch Lee writes about the importance of doing everything we can to protect children (and indeed the general population) from COVID-19.…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Dawn Bowdish and Andrew Costa provide a reminder as to how to stay as safe as possible from COVID-19 (even as governments…
pacific northwest labor history association conference: the young organizers
Without a doubt, the most engaging talk I attended at the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association Conference was “Young Workers Rising,” a panel of young organizers interviewed by another young…