SocietyA blood pact takes another Black life. Who is listening?Jordan Edwards’ death exposes, again, who it is that holds power over Black bodies—and white North America must see its complicity
CanadaOne way forward, after Canadian media’s ’Appropriation Award’ fiascoNow what? Andray Domise on what’s at stake in the wake of powerful Canadian editors and columnists calling for an ‘appropriation award’
CanadaThe ’benevolent liberal racism’ behind Desmond Cole’s Star exitPity Canadian journalism, Andray Domise writes, at a time ’where the limits to its overwhelming whiteness are coming into sharp focus’
ScienceWhat an all-white roster of astronaut hopefuls says about our schoolsBlack Canadians aren’t entering the STEM fields—in part because of our education system’s soft bigotry of low expectations
CultureInto the abyss of black deaths in AmericaWesley Lowery gets the facts in order about the Black Lives Matter movement
WashingtonHow sexism and bigotry won Donald Trump the presidencyThis election is already being spun as ’voter backlash’ for the last eight years. It was far darker than that.
BusinessWhy the death of Vine is about more than just the end of an appPeople of colour embraced Vine. But when corporate parent Twitter chose bullies over those who made its platform work, they left.
TechnologyHow to close the gaming industry’s diversity gapWhile everyone insists diversity and inclusion is important, a solution for desegregating the gaming industry remains out of reach
CanadaWhy Lindell Smith’s election in Halifax was so remarkableIt’s not just that a young, black man got elected to Halifax city council for the first time in decades. It’s also how he did it.
WashingtonLet’s change the way we talk about inner citiesWhile Donald Trump is far out of his depth on the finer points of America’s racial divides, he is far from the only politician informed by the mythologies of yesteryear