Rights + Justice

news

The Problem with Food Banks

Hungry people must be fed. But critics say framing food as charity takes the root issues off government's plate.

By Colleen Kimmett, 25 Apr 2012

opinion

Why Bill C-31's 'Safe Countries' Are a Dangerous Idea

Rebuffing refugee groups by saying their fears are unfounded back home is cruel nonsense.

By Shayna Plaut, 23 Apr 2012

news

Taking on the Feds for Aboriginal Equality

Cindy Blackstock is a tireless advocate for parity on and off reserve. Feds fight her in court, and spy on her.

By Katie Hyslop, 20 Apr 2012

news

No More Free Meals: A Church Changes Its Approach

Why Calvary Baptist opted to nurture quality of experience over quantity fed.

By Colleen Kimmett, 12 Apr 2012

news

On Prostitution, Can Canada Learn from the Nordic Model?

Criminalizing buyers, not sellers may enhance gender equity, but critics warn of increased danger to sex workers.

By Meghan Murphy, 11 Apr 2012

opinion

Vancouver's Victorian Murders

What will it take for the city and its police to reform their relationship with survival sex workers?

By John MacLachlan Gray, 9 Apr 2012

news

A Tyee Series

Alcohol Harm Reduction Goes Mainstream

Stigmas around illicit drinking no longer stop people from receiving support. Last in a series.

By Jackie Wong, 23 Mar 2012

news

A Tyee Series

Harm Reduction: Will it Snowball?

Not if Canada's drug policy continues to pit evidence against ideology, advocates say. Second in a series.

By Jackie Wong, 22 Mar 2012

news

BC Makes Jumbo Decision

Ktunaxa vow to keep fighting despite approval, while NDP doubts ski resort will ever be built.

By Andrew MacLeod, 21 Mar 2012

news

A Tyee Series

How Vancouver's War on Drugs Began

The city's long and conflicted struggle with addiction, since the days of Mackenzie King. First in a series.

By Ben Christopher, 21 Mar 2012

news

Liquored Up

Regulations won't stop BC clubs from over-serving. How else to corral the chaos?

By Darryl Greer, 17 Mar 2012

artsculture

'Into the Abyss'

Werner Herzog is your guide in this peculiar tale of crime and death row in Texas. Plus, a special screening.

By Steve Burgess, 16 Mar 2012

news

What If More Bankers Had a Social Conscience?

Naomi Klein, VanCity's Tamara Vrooman and others tackle 'Values-based Banking' this Thursday. A preview.

By Ben Christopher, 6 Mar 2012

opinion

Occupy the Pews

In England and Canada, the Anglican Church seems to have forgotten whose side Jesus was on. Some folks are jogging its memory.

By Kai Nagata, 2 Mar 2012

life

Beyond the Underground Railroad

Let's keep celebrating black people's integral contributions to Canadian society, past and present.

By Fiona Tinwei Lam, 2 Mar 2012

mediacheck

Lawful Access Signals Canada Is Open to 'Big Brother Inc.'

Bill could trigger massive web rehaul to enhance surveillance, encourage sale of spy tech to gov't.

By Michael Geist, 28 Feb 2012

life

Outside In

A class in creative writing at BC's Matsqui Prison offers an inside view of Canadian prison reform.

By A. E. Hoff, 25 Feb 2012

opinion

Dispatch from Alberta's War in the Woods

They call us 'obstructors' for trying to save the forest they named a 'Special Place.'

By Sid Marty, 21 Feb 2012

news

Alberta's Leap Ahead in Disability Payments Overstated: BC Ministry

It's not true that BC families on disability make less than single disabled Albertans. But 'huge' gap separates two provinces, insist advocates.

By Katie Hyslop, 17 Feb 2012

news

A Tyee Series

To Help Migrants, There's Work to Be Done

We asked BC's temp farm workers what they'd improve. Their answers may surprise. Last in a reader-funded series.

By Justin Langille, 17 Feb 2012