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Kamala Harris is a breakthrough for representation—but representation is not enough
Moving often means downsizing and making little decisions about what comes with you and what stays. As I was preparing to move from Montreal to…
AFB 2024: Racial equality
Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on racial equality
The Chinese Exclusion Act was preceded by a wave of racist backlash
1923 Chapter 5, Backlash | 1920-1922
To understand what racial capitalism means, read Black Marxism
Cedric Robinson’s work is foundational for social movements.
Could decolonizing policy redress environmental injustice and racism?
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) is the matriarch of environmental legislation in Canada. But it’s been over 20 years since it’s been revised. And environmental advocacy groups have a lot to say about what changes could advance environmental justice and equity in Canada via Bill S-5.
Hate on display: How two years online helped shape a full scale occupation
What happened in Ottawa offers a window into the antagonism fed by two years of living in self-affirming bubbles, writes Erin Gee
Grow through what you go through
Addressing and sorting through the Freedom Convoy’s wreckage is a job that belongs to all white people in Canada.
The wellness-to-white-supremacy pipeline is alive and well
Wellness influencers like Angela Liddon of Oh She Glows threw their support behind the trucker convoy—and considering the white supremacist origins of wellness, that’s no surprise.
We need more race-based data to tell stories that matter
Without it, we miss stories of both challenge and triumph
In clear view: Confronting Canadian police use of facial recognition technology
If you blinked, you would have missed it: Last June, Canada’s national police force was found to have broken the law when they used facial recognition technology that violated the most basic aspects of Canada’s privacy laws.
Variations on a theme: Twenty years of anti-terror measures in an already terrorized community
The history and ongoing legacy of slavery shouldn’t be seen in contrast to the two decades of anti-terror. Rather, we should view the post-9/11 era as a permutation and extension of that history and legacy.
Oppression will try to steal your ability to dream. Don’t let it.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately high impact on Black communities. It’s exceptionally difficult to produce a vision of freedom in such rough times. But we must keep freedom dreaming.
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