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Justin Trudeau trumps Trump’s dumbed-down view of immigration

January 19, 2019 Renee Shur Immigration, International, Trump Leave a comment

At a recent town hall meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough question about Canada’s immigration policies. Trudeau’s low-key

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Defying religious misogyny, Hindu women create a human wall of inclusion

January 7, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Civil Rights, International, Religion in Politics, Women Leave a comment

As we in the U.S. watched the federal government shut down because of one man’s fixation on a border-wall boondoggle meant to exclude desperate

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Nauert: Another unqualified Trump appointee, another step backward in world affairs

January 3, 2019 Renee Shur Foreign Policy, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Sometime in early 2019 Heather Nauert, Donald Trump’s appointee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will go before the Senate for confirmation hearings.

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A New Deal for US foreign policy

October 21, 2018 Bojan Francuz Foreign Policy, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Instead of grieving for the past, or focusing on whether world leaders laughed at or with President Trump at the United Nations, grassroots progressives

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venezuela

Venezuela’s sick economy is killing its citizens. Here’s how to help them.

September 25, 2018 Christopher Burke Charity & Justice, Health, Health care, International One comment

Two years ago, the  Guardian described how Venezuela’s devastating economic downturn was ravaging its hospitals. Since then, things have only gotten worse. Much worse.

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Women are leaders on the path toward a nuclear-weapons-free world

September 12, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, International, Nuclear weapons, Widgets: Women, Women One comment

Every year, just as the summer is nearing its end, the world remembers. We remember the unconscionable use of the world’s deadliest weapons—nuclear weapons—seventy-three

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Venezuela

Imagine yourself in the nightmare that is Venezuela today

August 28, 2018 Christopher Burke Economy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, International 2 comments

Something monumental, and not in a good way, is going on in Venezuela. You might need to get out a map of South America

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American and Canadian progressives: The case for solidarity

July 17, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, International Leave a comment

Across North America this July, flags unfurled and fireworks filled the sky. Canada celebrated Canada Day on July 1st, and shortly after in the

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Unanswered Questions at a United Nations Association Conference

July 15, 2018 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, International, United Nations Leave a comment

I was not looking forward to The United Nations Association Leadership Summit. What concerned me was not the seminars or panels with veteran US

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Russian aggression

Beware of Putin after World Cup and meeting with Trump

July 13, 2018 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, International, War Leave a comment

Four and a half years ago, on Sunday, February 23, the 2014 Winter Olympics ended in Sochi, Russia. Four days later, masked Russian troops

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