The global rise of far-right governments is concerning
The increased global acceptance of right-wing political parties and conservative ideology has gained much attention in the past few years. The deteriorating effects on the…
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Will the world learn its lesson on power vacuums?
The situation in Haiti has caught the attention of major media outlets in recent weeks. The former prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, announced on…
Breaking down Vanderpump Rules
As the end of my undergrad degree approaches, I’ve been thinking about how I’ve spent around 60 days watching Bravo shows. I’m like a medieval king….
Critiquing media is our resistance
English class tends to bury the lede. There are well-settled questions within the realm of spelling, syntax and synonyms that make up the purpose of…
Re-assess mental illness after Aaron Bushnell
25-year-old U.S. military member Aaron Bushnell died of burn injuries after self-immolating and shouting “free Palestine” in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C….
As an ‘ideas museum,’ CMHR is giving us the wrong idea
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) has been criticized since before its opening in 2014. Several ethnic communities have felt that their stories were…
Welcoming Winnipeg gets it wrong again
On March 12, the Executive Policy Committee (EPC) heard cases for and against the renaming of Edison Park, a small sitting area at the corner…
Students should support faculty strikes
Strikes are meant to be disruptive. There is no way around it, because protesting for rights while meeting the needs of the administration workers are…
30 years later, apartheid remains on the ballot
I left South Africa a few days before the general elections in 2019. My parents decided that, despite the jubilation within the country, I ought…
This just in, it’s spring!
Spring feels like an iced coffee. It’s a startling wake up call: suddenly, you look around and the wind doesn’t sting as much, there’s more…