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Guilty as Charged…or Are You?
With a longstanding reputation as the U.S.'s progressive outlier, it is hardly surprising that California finds…
Trudeau in Chicago: A Push for NAFTA
Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a quick tour around the United States, which he kicked off in…
Women in War: The Rise of Gendered Violence in Venezuela
Machismo. Noun. A strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity.
This term has been tied to Spanish…
UN Peacekeepers Perpetuating Sexual Violence: A Disgrace…
The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty first coined the doctrine of Responsibility to…
Pipe Dreams: Indigenous Protest in the U.S. and Canada
A Tale of Two Pipelines
Moving up in unison, dozens of national guard and police enter Oceti Sakowin camp with…
Bill C-65: Canada’s Latest Workplace Harassment…
Parliament is back is session for the spring, and Justin Trudeau and the Liberal cabinet shifted the House agenda…
Out With the Old, In With the Old? Quebec’s 2018…
With a contentious and heated provincial election set to take place only a few months from now in Ontario and a…
The Future of Marijuana Under a Trump Administration
Marijuana legalization has been one of the most divisive and controversial issues in US politics for over 20 years…
The ELN: The Biggest Colombian Guerrilla of 2018
On February 1, 2018, the National Political Council of the FARC released a statement in which they claimed that…
From Free to Fair
The wake of the sixth round of NAFTA negotiations in Montreal has seen American farmers rooting for the success of…
Pitfalls of Lifestyle Activism: Why the Women’s…
January 20th, 2018 saw people around the world turning out in droves to attend the many Women’s Marches held across…
What Now for Salvadorans in the United States?
Questions about immigrants in America have been at the forefront of public discussion over the past month, as…