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    Maclean’s on the Hill: Electoral reform, Viola Desmond, Joe Biden

    Our Ottawa bureau catches you up on a week of politics in the nation’s capital

    Why Viola Desmond stood up to racism in Nova Scotia

    A Q&A with law professor Constance Backhouse about Viola Desmond’s arrest, trial and little-known fight for racial justice in 1946

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    Newsmakers

    Those guys in green, Olympic outtakes and Baaaaad to the bone

    Breaking barriers: A living legend inspires Nova Scotia blacks

    A long legacy of racial intolerance stains Nova Scotia’s history. Here’s a look back at the sense of anticipation before Rosa Parks came to visit her Canadian companions.