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50 years of hip-hop: Its social and political power resonates far beyond its New York birthplace
Some historians say hip-hop culture all started at a party one hot August night in the South Bronx in 1973. DJ Kool Herc plugged his parents’ record gear into a street lamp and began creating wha
October 3, 2023 | 9:09 am
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The Big Idea: Investing in “sponge cities” can mitigate the toll of climate change. Serious flooding is in our future—here’s one way we can take it on
September 29, 2023 | 2:57 pm
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Ontario’s Greenbelt is safe for now, but will the scandal alter Doug Ford’s course?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s extraordinary reversal on his decision to open the Greater Toronto Area’s Greenbelt for housing development flows from two colossal political miscalcula
September 25, 2023 | 8:11 pm
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Support for trans kids and parent-child relationships are not mutually exclusive
September 22, 2023 | 4:04 pm
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International students are not to blame for Canada’s housing crisis
At the start of the new academic school year, around 30 students at Canadore College in North Bay, Ont. held a protest to decry the lack of accommodation provided to international students.
September 19, 2023 | 9:35 am
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Amid the Hollywood strikes, Tom Cruise’s latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ reveals what’s at stake with AI in movies
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has been going for over 130 days. Joined by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Hollywood write
September 14, 2023 | 1:02 pm
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Why is Doug Ford doubling down amid Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal?
The past few weeks have witnessed an extraordinary series of events in Ontario politics. Reports tabled by the province’s auditor general and its integrity commissioner on the gove
September 12, 2023 | 12:09 pm
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assumes a new role — single dad, just like his own father
In the U.S., being married has never been an unwritten requirement to hold the highest political post, says public administration Professor Thomas Klassen, analyzing the unexpected separation of Canad
August 4, 2023 | 1:46 pm
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Data’s role in the net zero journey
With Canada committed to a net zero target by 2050 and to a 40-50 per cent reduction by 2030, there needs to be a significant reduction in demand
August 2, 2023 | 10:43 am
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With Israel in turmoil, its ‘lost boys’ are helping stoke extreme right-wing nationalism
We saw it in the United States on Jan. 6, 2021. We witnessed it during Canada’s so-called Freedom Convoy. The evidence is clear —fascism is on the rise in North America. But ethno-nationalis
July 27, 2023 | 10:10 am