Toward a World that Works for Everyone
By Amir Ali, Daily Hive, June 24, 2021 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/over-700-unmarked-graves-saskatchewan The Cowessess First Nation announced today that preliminary findings reveal 751 unmarked graves have been discovered at a former Saskatchewan residential school. This comes just one month after the tragic discovery of 215 children buried at a former Kamloops residential school. The Nation points out that […]
This is a long and deep journalistic investigation of one instance of national/international criminality, possibly money-laundering. “Whatever it is, it’s not very good”: The strange, incredible case of the $100 million deli By Michael Linhorst, Fast Company, April 27, 2021 Partway down a residential street in Paulsboro, New Jersey, a working-class town best known for […]
For Canadians. Regardless of who we are, most of us can agree that everyone deserves to live a decent life. This means ensuring we can all afford our basic needs, like putting food on the table and having a safe place to call home. But the pandemic has shown that our society doesn’t provide for […]
by Kathleen Mary Willis and Steve Beckow When #MeToo exposed sexual abuse in Hollywood, it soon became an international push forward for all of us to become more conscious of Who We Truly Are, to create new ways to embrace equality. Below are two episodes of Man Enough, a series created by Justin Baldoni, an […]
Accountability The pressure on the British establishment, Magenta Pixie says, to be held accountable for their crimes will grow. Thanks to Kathleen. Millions Are Talking About Harry & Meghan When We Should Be Talking About Royal Family Pedophilia Arjun Walia, Collective Evolution, March 13, 2021 (https://www.collective-evolution.com/2021/03/13/millions-are-talking-about-harry-meghan-when-we-should-be-talking-about-royal-family-pedophilia/) In Brief The Facts: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle […]
How this Queens community built $1,000 college savings accounts for all its kids Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company, Feb. 25, 2021 (https://www.fastcompany.com/90606164/how-this-queens-community-built-1000-college-savings-accounts-for-all-its-kids) It’s part of a new program to build wealth for low-income kids across New York City—with a little help from their communities. In 1949, when she was 14 years old, Claudia Coger dropped out […]
City of Vancouver website: https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/rezoning-for-new-indigenous-led-housing-project-approved-by-council.aspx Proposal addresses urgent need for urban Indigenous-led and managed new permanent social and supportive housing, and shelter beds in the Downtown Eastside. We are pleased to be working alongside the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society and BC Housing to put reconciliation into action. ~ Mayor Kennedy Stewart, February 17 2021 […]
Stig Pryds is a Danish record holding freediver. He was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2008, which disabled him so much that he lost his business. After 5 years of intense pain and increasing dependency on drugs, he decided to quit all drugs cold turkey, and find alternative ways to deal with his disease. He […]
‘Motherhood is a job’—and these 50 leaders say you should get paid Jamie Orsini, Motherly, January 26, 2021 (https://www.mother.ly/news/heres-the-plan-for-getting-moms-paid) Being a mom is a full-time job. Now there’s a plan to help us get paid for all the work we do. It’s called the Marshall Plan for Moms. Spearheaded by Girls Who Code founder Reshma […]
By Brakkton Booker, NPR, October 13th, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923233877/princeton-university-agrees-to-nearly-1-million-in-back-pay-to-female-professors One of the nation’s most prestigious universities has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back pay to female professors following allegations of pay discrimination. The Ivy League university will pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future wages, as part of an agreement […]
A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were ‘beautifully surprising’ Participants found housing faster, boosted food security and reduced spending on substances, study found Bridgette Watson · CBC News · Oct 07, 2020 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714) The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Since 1970, there have been many murders and disappearances on the “Highway of Tears” in British Columbia, Canada, a 725 kilometre (450 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert. According to Wikipedia: “The phrase, ‘Highway of Tears’ was coined in 1998, by Florence Naziel, during a vigil held in Terrace, […]
10-Day Collective Trauma Summit Starts September 22 Registration is now open for the second annual Collective Trauma Summit, organized by Thomas Hübl. Last year this summit attracted over 50,000 participants and featured more than 30 talks with trauma experts, activists, and cultural visionaries. This year’s Summit is a 10-day event (September 22 – October 1) […]
What Women’s Suffrage Owes to Indigenous Culture Bridget Quinn, Yes! Magazine, Aug 19, 2020 (https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2020/08/19/womens-suffrage-indigenous-culture/) The example of gender equality in Haudenosaunee society gave 19th-century White women some big ideas. It’s been 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment secured voting rights for women—sort of. In She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, […]
What do we want the legal system to look like in Nova Earth? Do we want legislative bills with loads of self-serving, pork-barrel amendments? Do we want judges elected or appointed politically – Democrat and Republican judges? Do we want prisons to be for profit? Incarceration has been shown to have become an industry in […]
