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The Climate Crisis has always been a crisis - but have we recognized that? Now that we've experienced the COVID-19 crisis, are we in a better place to progress on climate action at the rate that's necessary in order to avoid a global…
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"President Trump has issued an executive order and given Beijing an ultimatum: TikTok must agree to be acquired by an American tech giant, likely Microsoft, or face a ban on the US market." Staff Writer Rose Bostwick asks whether such a ban…
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Vancouver has only dipped its feet into the waters of approaches that have produced positive outcomes for addicts and the communities in which they live. What’s becoming clearer now is that we have to jump in the deep end and accept the…
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On this episode of MIR Meets, Mathieu Lavault sits down with Dr. Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, to talk about the murder of Mr. Khashoggi of October 2, 2018, as well…
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The past few years have marked the beginning of a dramatic rebalancing of global power, leaving a power vacuum for aggressive, dictatorial regimes to exert power with limited consequences. In response, a number of politicians and academics…
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This week on Spotlight, host Naomi Shi sits down with MIR Writer of the Week, Alua Kulenova, to talk about her piece 'COVID-19 is a Symptom of a Greater Global Pathology' as well as her recent interview with Dr. Timothy Evans, Executive…
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In treading a line between respecting the sovereignty of Arctic states and attempting to articulate the limits of those sovereignties, Beijing is communicating policies appealing to established rituals based on international cooperation in…
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Mathieu Lavault sits down with President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation, a sovereign Native American territory situated in the U.S states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Discussing issues concerning his nation, he touches on how…
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Still, as tempting as it may be to believe in Nancy Reagan’s “just say no” campaign, much of what is disseminated about addiction is incomplete at best, if not outright false.
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Overall, in states that are still battling high COVID case counts, going back to school for in-person instruction puts the community at risk. Without getting the virus under control first, normal school days cannot come back as they will…
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