Shades of Greenpeace
The venerable environmental pressure group looks to strengthen its profile in the press
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Our latest stories on Canadian politics, elections, parties, and policy, from the municipal to the federal level, plus the politics of the world around us and how they affect our democratic systems.
The Separatist Curve Ball
How the Bloc Québécois cornered federalism
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Hubris in Paradise
Marshall Islands missile tests
Read MoreBetting on Separation
How speculation on the Quebec referendum nearly ended in financial disaster
Read MoreFuneral March to Freedom
arlington—The American military anthem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” describes an apocalyptic vision in which Christian soldiers become the sacrificial liberators of all mankind: “As He died to make …
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Equality in the Making
“I have come here for two days to see the vote on same-sex marriage, to bear witness to history…”
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You and Whose Army?
Our last soldier in Cyprus
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The Rising Fall of the American Empire
Republican imperialism has left the US divided.
Can a United Nations initiative save America from itself?
Revenge of the Small
After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning
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The Dictator Debt Catch
A US-brokered deal to forgive billions in Iraqi debt is causing other countries to say “me too,” even as some Iraqis wish they’d said “no thanks.”
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