U of M international students express worry, hope in response to Iranian protests
Ongoing protests in Iran, which began on Dec. 28, mark what Reuter’s has referred to as the country’s “most audacious challenge to its clerical leadership”…
international affairs
The toxic politics of charisma
History has proven that when it comes to elections, the winner has more to do with their presentation than their policy.
How to defeat the political illiteracy that is the alt-right
The alt-right is bound for self-refutation. Leave them to their devices and let the third act play out.
Young and Arab in the age of revolutions
Beyond Crisis: The Middle East Past, Present, Future event series hosted University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole Dec. 11 at the Canadian Museum for…
Winnipeggers respond to reports of slavery in Libya
Winnipeggers have organized in response to a mobile phone video, obtained by CNN, of men being auctioned off in Libya. The video, which has been…
Amnesty event illuminates Rohingya persecution
Amnesty International and the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) hosted apanel discussion examining the persecution currently faced by the Rohingya peopel in…
Money makes American politics go ‘round, and it is ruining democracy
If the people of the United States hope to have any kind of representation in their political process, it is imperative that they get the money out of their system and take back their democracy.
The successful economic integration of refugees
Taking two buses from Corydon Avenue, Rasha Kossad leaves her home on Saturday mornings to head to the Polo Park Hearing Centre where she works…
Nuclear prohibition: Why was Canada not in the room?
Senator Marilou McPhedran – long-celebrated for being a pioneer in the inquisition and advocacy to promote human rights through systematic reform in law, governance, and…
Syrian families targeted by hateful graffiti
Syrian families living in a housing complex on Dufferin Avenue woke up the morning of Sept. 19 to discover hateful graffiti scribbled on their fence….