Dreamy Trudeau: Hypocrisy In the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was featured in a video in which he explained that he was proud to be a…
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It’s Always Sunni in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's mass executions in January were, paradoxically, not a message to Iran as much as a warning to a…
A Future for Israeli Democracy
On December 31, Israel’s education ministry confirmed that it had banned Dorit Rabinyan’s novel Borderlife from…
A Milestone for Suppression
The disappearance of five book publishers and sellers from a Hong Kong bookstore late last year has…
Trudeau Promises a “Total Renewal” of Relationship with First Nations Peoples
In September, I published an article looking at the abominable treatment of Canada’s Aboriginal community by its…
State of the Union Address – What Comes Next?
This past Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address to the entire nation. For…
The Case for International Drug Policy Reform
The United Nations is under pressure from both local and global organizations leading up to a General Assembly…
When Will We “Mainstream” Our Future? – The Rights of Older…
There is a lack of widespread discussion and engagement with the rights of older persons. It is staggering how…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP
The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis and Republicans
This post is a little all over the place - it had served as a way for me to vent some frustration. The first part…