Can Idle No More Fill the Gap Between Non-Aboriginals and First Nations?
On January 10th I was sitting on the edge of my couch watching the most intense airing of Power and Politics I had yet seen, as host Evan Solomon updated changes to Friday’s high profile meeting with the Assembly of First N...
Rudd v Gillard: The inside account of the knifing of the Australian Prime Minister
It seems like Australia has a habit of ousting sitting Prime Ministers. Just 3 years and 3 days after Julia Gillard took over from Kevin Rudd, the tables have turned with Rudd resuming the Prime Ministership. The extraordinary ...
Fighting preventable diseases
For five years Mercy Onsando went to primary school on her mother’s back, each day the same as the first day. Some of her classmates laughed, others were too scared to look at her thinking she is contagious, while the teacher...
Colombia: The lessons a kidnapping taught
After two weeks of captivity, Colombia’s general Alzate was freed by the country’s biggest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Sunday, November 30. How will his release shape Colombia...
The UK’s Sexist Culture
Earlier this week a UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo, told the press she believes that the UK has a ‘sexist culture’; particularly when it comes to the portrayal of women in the media. A professor in public law ...
Student Movement No Friend Of Democracy In Taiwan
On the March 18, student protesters stormed into the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan in Taipei to halt the passage of a bill ratifying a treaty that will liberalise trade in services between China and Taiwan. The protesters argued t...
