Editor’s note: Art Threat has launched a cultural archaeological project that involves digging up previously published but now inaccessible film reviews and cultural musings from Montreal-based writer and teacher Matthew…
When Tillett Wright began her photographic project, Self Evident Truths, back in 2010 she didn’t expect the groundswell of requests for photographs that she ended up receiving. She originally wanted…
Many academic journals charge a subscription fee that is out of reach for the common person, which means that independent researchers and students are at a disadvantage when it comes…
Children who have an absent father are more likely to have low self esteem, to abuse substances, exhibit anti-social behaviour, and engage in criminal activity. That is the personal impact…
The NY Times: Several recent polls and studies suggest that long waiting times in some places depressed turnout in 2012 and that lines were longest in cities, where Democrats outnumber…
Let’s hope money can buy happiness because it sure isn’t buying Americans much in the way of health. A report from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences finds that, although…
Close your eyes, and conjure up a mental image of the stereotype of the Ugly American. Loud. Large. Willfully ignorant of customs and countries that lie beyond the border of…
The US has an estimated 310 million guns (2009 figure) in circulation and second amendment rights that codify the right to bear arms. Gun ownership is part of the American…
Marijuana has been recently decriminalized in a few states in the USA, and based off of data from California the overall rate of youth arrests will drop dramatically. This is…
Not alone any more: Egyptian protestors in Tahrir last year In some ways what just went down in Gaza was business as usual. Israel provoked a mini-war with Gaza killing…
Willard Mitt Romney: "...there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to…
After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016 H/T Susan H.
The Great Star Fleet At the turn of the 20th Century, the Alaska Packers Association assembled the largest fleet of privately owned sailing ships in the world. It was an…
The 2012 presidential election has been a time of momentous and historic changes in American politics. For the first time the Republican voter suppression tactics boomeranged, with millions of those…
Six CPC members of Parliament may be deposed if the Federal Court accepts allegations of widespread voter suppression during the May 2011 election. This action, to be heard in December,…
Step over the fiscal cliff, Americans!The fiscal cliff has been described as a fiscal suicide pact by some gloomy British obervers:There has to be an agreement. If the two sides…
In fact, mid-day November 7, Obama leads Romney in popular vote by almost 3 million votes.
Many progressives are elated that Obama won last night, they should thank Stephen Harper. For though many Canadians were happily surprised that Obama's re-election strategy worked, there was really little…
And the first results of the 2012 presidential election come from the little town of Dixville Notch:As all of you West Wing fans out there will know, a tiny town…
Ohio Secretary of Sate Jon Husted Voting day is not even here and lawsuits are flying thicker than bats in a musty cave. Ohio is the key state – the…
