We are not political tools

Politicians need to stop tokenizing and exploiting racialized and Indigenous people for political gain.

September 18, 2017

# violence

Police officers do not make Pride safe

Including police in the Pride March is not a sign of progress.

July 6, 2017

People form “human shield” around St. John’s Mosque

The act of solidarity comes less than a week after the Quebec Mosque Shooting and American President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning most refugees…

February 3, 2017

“We can mobilize”: N.L. Human Rights Chair after Quebec mosque shootings

Solidarity actions with Muslim Canadians being organized in St. John’s and cities across Canada on Friday.

January 31, 2017

View From The Mainland

Ignorance is not bliss

We are all accountable to Loretta Saunders

March 13, 2014

Is crime getting worse?

Some recent reports of rising crime rates in St. John's are misleading because they neglect to account for some important facts...

July 29, 2013

Why we should call things by their name

The case of Amanda Todd: not just about bullying

October 19, 2012

Consent in the Age of Electoral Machines (Part II)

What is the nature of protest in a society that calls itself free? We return to the thought of Hannah Arendt to find out.

Matthew Furlong

July 4, 2012

Renaissance Mom

Violence and the child

The importance of realizing the connections in violence

Fiona Cunningham

April 18, 2012