How American kids brought the gun reform fight to the streets of Washington
Isabela Barry lost her best friend in Parkland. How she and her classmates came to Washington to sing, rage and show America what change will look like.
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Why Donald Trump’s dramatic swing on gun control won’t last
Opinion: The President’s history and the nature of his base make it impossible to be hopeful about his feints toward gun control
Mental health has almost nothing to do with the gun-control debate
Opinion: As America debates guns, people with mental illness—who already face more danger during health crises—risk becoming scapegoated
Is this the beginning of the end of the NRA?
Scott Gilmore: After Parkland, NRA opponents are motivated and have the tools to mobilize. And for the first time, the gun lobby group is vulnerable.
Another school shooting in America, and all the nonsense that will be said
Tabatha Southey: ’It’s not at all that America does not love her children. It’s just amazing the things that those with an addiction will defend’
Florida school shooting: Charting the ’normalization’ of gun attacks on U.S. kids
Sandy Hook was supposed to be a turning point, leading to real gun control and a reduction in attacks on school children. Neither came to pass.
Movie reviews: Gravity, Parkland, Muscle Shoals and Runner Runner
What to see at the movies this weekend
’Parkland’ gives J.F.K. back to the people
The assassination through the eyes of ordinary Americans
The best of TIFF: 28 films, one festival
Film critic Brian. D. Johnson on his favourites of the fest
The best-run city in Canada
Lean, debt-free, and offering great public services, Burnaby is a model for the country