Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – CBC interviews David Wallace-Wells and others about the need for collective action as the only viable response to a climate crisis and…
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Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mike Benusic points out that the success of public health programs is found in the absence of preventable illnesses and dangers –…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Cory Booker rightly questions why corporations are hoarding the wealth created by the work of their employees. And Richard Reeves wonders why so…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Katharine Hayhoe offers some suggestions as to how to reach people in talking about climate change. Karine Peloffy writes about the growing…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Phung highlights how important it is for younger voters to be heard in Alberta’s election. Travis Benson offers plenty of suggestions…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jason Hickel challenges the spin that poverty and inequality are being meaningfully reduced around the world as our global economy is currently…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Chris Hughes discusses how progressive politics, including expanded social programs and more progressive taxes, are proving to be a winner for U.S. Democrats…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jonathan Watts reports on a new study showing how the world’s largest economies (including Canada) are falling far short of the Paris climate…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Richard Waters and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson report that five large tech companies alone turned the Trump corporate tax cuts into tens of billions…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Wayne Swan writes that it won’t be possible to take necessary steps to combat climate breakdown without ensuring that corporations pay their fair…
New column day
Here, discussing the Price of Oil collaborative’s latest report on how the Saskatchewan Party is requiring provincial regulators to keep the public at risk in order to avoid having oil…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emily Atkin offers a reminder that the people with the least stand to face the most severe costs of climate change. But…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matt Bruenig makes the case for a social wealth fund in the U.S. And David Dayen offers a reminder that Alaska’s dividend to…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson and Fernando Rios-Avila study the economic well-being of U.S. households, and find a stagnant standard of living including a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David MacDonald studies the increasing concentration of wealth in Canada, while noting the need for wealth-based taxes (and particularly an inheritance tax)…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – J.W. Mason reviews Quinn Slobodian’s Globalists with a reminder that the decades-long push to subjugate popular democracy to corporate interests is nothing…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Terry Schwadron writes about Donald Trump’s war on the poor, while Rosemary Feurer and Chad Pearson highlight how U.S. businesses and their political…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Vanessa Williamson rebuts the myth that fair tax policy will drive away wealthy residents. And Mike Maciag notes that tax giveaways to the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – James Wallace calls out the Ontario Libs’ track record of consistent cuts to health care and other vital public services (with the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Vanessa Brcic offers some observations on the connection between poverty and health, including the importance of ensuring marginalized people are treated with…