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POLITICS – Think the danger is past? Wrong; insurrection threat isn’t over

January 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada IN A DARK AND SURREAL MOMENT in American history, on the afternoon of Jan. 6, a group of Americans staged a violent protest by [Continue]

U.S. ELECTION – Trump takes a leaf out of autocrat playbook with victory claim

November 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

By NATASHA LINDSTAEDT University of Essex In the months leading up to US election day, it was predicted that Donald Trump would not accept the results if he lost, would cast [Continue]

POLITICS – Trump’s hospitalization may cause instability at the White House

October 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT of President Donald Trump’s hospitalization for COVID-19, a dangerous situation is now unfolding at the [Continue]

POLITICS – Sorting out the chaotic ‘debate’ between Biden and Trump

October 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

Alison Gash, University of Oregon; Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University, and Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden [Continue]

POLITICS – With Harris pick, Biden reaches out to young black Americans

August 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

By SAM FULWOOD III American University and DAVID C. BARKER American University School of Public Affairs WITH HIS choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden [Continue]

POLICING – How police departments can identify and get rid of killer cops

June 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

By TEMITOPE ORIOLA University of Alberta THE GLOBAL CONDEMNATION of the death of George Floyd, one of the latest in a constellation of officer-involved deaths of unarmed [Continue]

POLITICS – Why leaders who bullshit are more dangerous than those who lie

May 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

By HAMID FOUROUGHI University of Portsmouth MARIANNA FOTAKI University of Warwick YIANNIS GABRIEL University of Bath BULLSHIT SEEMS TO BE the new currency in politics. Around [Continue]

COVID-19 – What cities can learn about planning for life after the pandemic

May 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

By JILL GRANT Dalhousie University FOR DECADES, epidemiologists have warned of the risks of new pandemics in our world of stressed natural environments, densely populated [Continue]

POLITICS – Bernie drops out as Democrats pick pragmatism over consistency

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ADAM HODGES University of Colorado Boulder IN MANY WAYS, Bernie Sanders is the anti-Trump. And, in important ways, he ran his campaign as the anti-Biden. Sanders bowed out [Continue]

CONVERSATION – By calling survivors ‘heroes,’ we miss the full picture

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANNIE ST. JOHN-STARK Thompson Rivers University WHEN DISASTER STRIKES — a hurricane, a terror attack, a landslide — we are quick to label the survivors as heroes. On [Continue]

HARRY AND MEGHAN – Let’s laud them for their self-care and leave them alone

January 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

By SHANA MacDONALD University of Waterloo In just the first month of 2020, #MeghanandHarry has been trending across social media more often than not. In a series of public [Continue]

MONTREAL MASSACRE – It’s finally recognized as an anti-feminist attack

December 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

By MELISSA BLAIS Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and FRANCIS DUPUIS-DERI Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) In the late afternoon of Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman [Continue]

ENVIRONMENT – Love it or hate it, Tesla’s Cybertruck is revolutionary

December 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

By MICHAEL D. MEHTA Thompson Rivers University With a collective gasp and puzzled looks, the world was recently introduced to Tesla’s newest vehicle. The so-called [Continue]

POLITICS – How the Liberals paved the way for the Bloc’s return

October 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

By MAXIME HEROUX-LEGAULT University of British Columbia THE LIBERALS launched the election with high hopes for Québec. After all, their 2015 victory hinged on securing 40 [Continue]