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black lives matter

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Books

Why the Sudden Interest in Black Authors Doesn’t Feel like a Victory

February 1, 2022April 22, 2022 - by Sarah Raughley

What does it mean to navigate the fact that it took a Black person’s death for some to finally decide my books were worth reading?

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The Walrus Announces the Justice Fund Writer in Residence

December 10, 2021May 12, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Justice Fund Toronto and The Walrus are pleased to announce the appointment of Julia-Simone Rutgers as Writer in Residence

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Education / November/December 2020

Black in the Ivory Tower

October 12, 2020January 30, 2022 - by Hadiya Roderique

Why it’s so hard for academics of colour to pursue their dream projects

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Society

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 - by Téa Mutonji

The two writers on media representation, anti-Black violence, and true liberation

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Society

What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting

February 3, 2020January 30, 2022 - by Janaya Khan

Freedom fighting doesn’t happen by some twist of fate. It’s a spark lit by daily indignities and humiliations

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Media

How We Talk about Race

November 4, 2016May 17, 2021 - by Anita Li

US media aren’t afraid to confront sensitive issues. Why is Canada so far behind?

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Society

Teaching Police that Black Lives Matter

July 11, 2016January 30, 2022 - by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah

Black officers on how police and black communities can get along

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Society

Black Pride Matters

July 7, 2016January 30, 2022 - by Paul Barrett

Canadians have a long history of ignoring anti-black racism and gaslighting those who demonstrate its existence

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December 2014

Armed and Dangerous

December 20, 2014June 6, 2020 - by John Lorinc

How mission creep is turning our cops into warriors

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Stand Down

July 16, 2014May 8, 2021 - by John Lorinc

All too often, the victims of police shootings are people with mental illness. One American city has found a solution

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