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From climate change to Auschwitz and back: a journey into dark and light
Anything of value was taken to the “Canada” warehouse, named because it was considered the land of plenty. Guards would come here, choose clothing that they might take home to their own children at night, after watching over the murders of thousands of others' children in the camp every day.
Whose heads will world leaders leave above water?
For those among us whose life experiences thread across borders, climate change weighs heavily on our hearts because of its familiar human face: family, friends, colleagues.
Family dinner advice: How to deal with climate change denying Uncle Pete
“Birds of a feather flock together,” so I am sure that nearly all of those reading this article accept the main findings of climate science. Yet many people don’t. Instead, they believe a variety of climate myths.
Reflections on one of this year's most painful photographs
One day those who haven’t yet been born will look at these pictures and marvel that no one gathered there knew what would happen next.
After weekend with Bernie, Niki Ashton talks Progressive International: 'Our movement is a global movement. It must be.'
"The time to act is now," the NDP MP writes, explaining why she has joined the call for a grassroots movement for global social, environmental and economic justice.
Legumes are protein sustainability superheroes
As the federal government invests multi millions in a chicken processing facility, Animal Justice director Anna Pippus says it's time for an urgent transition to a plant-based diet to help save the planet.
The November crisis
This is the terrain on which the great struggle of our time is being waged: who defines crisis, who benefits from it, and what is made invisible in the process. And we are not yet winning: this very same month saw plenty of genuine crises, all connected to climate breakdown, which made only time-limited appearances in our national debate.
Three climate justice metamorphoses and a lesson from Gandhi
To understand our climate movement’s evolution, read Nietzsche. To understand our Achilles’ heel, study Gandhi.
Labour peace requires respect for labour law
An increasing use of back-to-work legislation indicates that the post-war period of labour peace in Canada may soon be over, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
West Coast First Nations urge Senate to pass Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
As a moratorium on oil tankers off the north coast moves closer to becoming law, the Hereditary Chiefs and political leaders of First Nations along the North Pacific Coast pledge our full support for the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act and urge the Senate to pass Bill C-48.
Does Mike Schreiner have the solutions for Ontario’s future?
Toronto reporter Fatima Syed explores what is changing in Ontario politics and shares five things you may not know about Ontario's first-ever Green MPP.
Canada needs its own Green New Deal. Here's what it could look like
The Green New Deal, catapulted onto the national agenda by a fiery mixture of political champions like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and mass youth-led organizing by the Sunrise Movement, is perhaps the most straightforward policy proposal for tackling climate change that many of us have ever seen.
