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The Corporate Raid on the United States
Fifty years ago, Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a household name. Founded in 1924, the airline grew in the postwar…
Bill C-69: Environment and Resource Project Policy
On February 8th, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced sweeping amendments to the…
The Fujimori Pardon: A Case of Treason, Impunity, and…
Following the erratic political crisis caused by the impeachment proceedings against Peruvian President Pedro Pablo…
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…