civil rights

Heidi Matthews: When it comes to the blockades and protests, Conservative leaders are invoking the idea of the ‘outside agitator’ to delegitimize and break the bonds of activist solidarity

I have no problem at all with the older fellow’s inconsistencies

Ontario’s Office of the Independent Police Review Director released last week its review of the G20 summit in Toronto. Among other issues, the report notes the federal government’s late announcement of the summit’s location.

Police working Toronto’s G20 summit committed systemic civil rights violations, resorted to violence and blindly followed orders, even those they questioned, according to a scathing report from the Office of the Independent Police Review Director.

The President could have chosen the safer path by continuing to ‘evolve’

As some protesters pack up, others discuss what to do next

A U.S. advocacy group has launched a civil rights challenge, claiming the software is unusable for blind students

The one question Michael Ignatieff most noticeably punted at the St. Catharines town hall I attended last month had to do with police actions and civil liberties during the G20 conference in Toronto and here—setting aside our previously stated concerns about the use of analogy in political rhetoric—Doug Bell wonders where the Liberals are on this issue.

Politicians in Germany are campaigning to ban public drinking

Carolyn L. Mazloomi, assembled a gallery of more than 100 Obama-inspired quilts.

How American Idol has turned hollow celebrity into a worthwhile achievement