Profit and human safety are often two mutually exclusive entities in the context of gold mining operations. This unfortunate phenomenon is particularly well illustrated in the coastal town of Paracale […]
Due to a rise in mass shootings in recent years, debate over implementing stricter gun laws has seized the United States yet again. While it is impractical to ban firearms […]
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old child-activist from the war-torn Swat Valley, Pakistan, was shot in the head and neck and nearly killed by Taliban soldiers on her way home from school […]
National Football League (NFL) team the Washington Redskins has been heavily criticized for the name of their team, a name that is said to offend Native Americans. The recent controversy […]
In the midst of one of the greatest refugee crises in history, the stories of the Rohingya people are easily silenced. While media outlets and UN resolutions focus on Syria’s […]
For its third consecutive year, McGill’s lower field was crowded with students, staff, and community members, coming together to witness an inclusive, colourful pow-wow that would launch Indigenous Awareness Week. […]
Late September, tragedy struck the sprawling metropolis of Nairobi, Kenya when a group of al-Shabaab militants initiated a violent terrorist attack at Westgate, an upscale mall popular with tourists, as […]
Religious expression constitutes an essential part of our human rights, thus the banning of such expression from the public sphere implies a direct violation of our rights. Indeed, this type […]
It is an embarrassment to admit that we live in a society when we still cannot prevent sexual harassment and abuse. If anything, it is a pervading phenomenon that increasingly […]
The year 2013, marked by the entry foreign troops into Mali in early January, can be said to be a time when the war in the country took on the […]
