Opinion

Shannon Gormley: Putin has perhaps never been more insecure than he is at this moment. Naturally, he has just made a grab for lifelong power.

Kalli Anderson: ’Our government is essentially telling all the parents who are already at the very end of their ropes that the past three months have been fine’

Tom Mulcair: Singh could use all of his credibility and personal experiences with racism to persuade Justin Trudeau to challenge Quebec’s discriminatory Bill 21. That would be helpful.

Laila El Mugammar: Every time I stand for the Canadian national anthem, I think about the song’s composer, who founded a blackface minstrel troupe. What does it mean to sing the melody of a man who wore me as a costume?

The relationship between Marianne and Connell in Sally Rooney’s book was indeed very “sticky,” but I thought the writing didn’t do it justice, writes Dafna Izenberg

Letters to the editor, June 29, 2020: Readers weigh in on crushing—and coping with—the coronavirus, Camilla vs. Diana and a mass murder overshadowed by recent events

KC Hoard: Pride parades, when stripped to their most core elements, are public acts of resistance against the powers that continue to limit queer people’s rights

Anita Li: Canada must return to its core values—sustainability, multiculturalism and human rights—which have not been upheld in recent years

Angela Wright: Over 100 American universities have contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. This has allowed universities to procure grenade launchers, armoured vehicles and military assault rifles like the M-16.

For my entire life I’ve had to conform to society in order to succeed. I’ve become a chameleon. Change will happen when the people in power are no longer afraid to put people of colour in key decision-making roles.