Basic income is a band-aid solution
Universal basic income (UBI) is the application of the radical, and somewhat devious, idea that citizens, for some reason, deserve to have their basic needs…
Christina Tran
Working to end intimate partner violence
More than one in four women experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50. A form of gender-based violence, intimate partner violence (IPV) refers…
A Jewish perspective on the Israel-Hamas war
The Manitoban does not publish any facts that are not backed up by evidence from a reputable source. However, this article is in the comment…
The human cost of conflict
I am not an outright pacifist — sometimes war is necessary and sometimes it is justified. As a Métis person I feel the Red River…
The dark side of foreign aid
Foreign aid, once seen as a beacon of hope for struggling nations, is facing scrutiny today as it perpetuates inequality and undermines economic growth in…
Macro-innovation at a micro-scale
Ivan Oresnik, U of M professor in the department of microbiology, stepped into a lab for the first time in 1985. Over nearly four decades,…
Tortoise tales and the West African ethos
I was five, maybe six, when I heard the story of the tortoise and the hare. In the classic folktale, an arrogant hare challenges the…