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What critical race theory is -- and isn't CNN 5 days ago By Faith Karimi, CNN © Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images Demonstrators deploy a " Black Lives Matter" banner near the White House during a demonstration against racism and police brutality, in Washington, DC on June 6, 2020. - Demonstrations are being held across the US following the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, while being arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) Critical race theory. You may be hearing those three words a lot t...

iPolitics AM: MPs to debate looming pipeline-shutdown order By Kady O'Malley. Published on May 6, 2021 6:01am Enbridge's offices in Calgary (Mack Male via Flickr) For the second time in two days, MPs are set to hold a special afterhours sitting to discuss an issue of critical concern to Alberta: namely the potentially imminent shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which is facing a May 12 deadline to pull the plug on its Michigan leg, courtesy of an order from state governor Gretchen Whitmer. As per a request from Conservative MP Blake Richards, the emergency debate is sl...

53% of Missourians voted in favor of expanding Medicaid coverage Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK) Updated: 8:37 PM CDT April 29, 2021 ST. LOUIS — It's a move that could affect thousands of Missourians. Wednesday night, the Missouri State Senate voted to block funding for Medicaid expansion, something voters approved in August. Despite Gov. Mike Parson recommending it, the House also voted to not fund the expansion. St. Louisan Shavanna Spratt said yes to Amendment 2, which was on the ballot as initiated constitutional amendment.  She's among the 53% of Missour...

Article content Tax the rich. That’s the simplistic answer to the stunning financial hole in which Canada finds itself deep within after a pandemic year and Monday’s budget. Make the wealthy pay and the country’s financial woes will disappear. As if such thinking was an easy out; that making those grasping, greedy gazillionaires with their army of accountants and tax loopholes pay their fair share is the solution. And while we are at it, what about inheritance taxes and capital gains when someone sells his or her principal residence, a.k.a their home? We apologize, but this video has fa...

iPolitics AM: Freeland, Trudeau to chat with front-line pharmacists By Kady O'Malley. Published on Apr 20, 2021 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in October 2018, will hold a virtual meeting with pharmacists this morning. (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics) A day after unveiling her government’s first full-scale annual budget in more than two years, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will kick off the traditional post-release promotional tour with a morning stint on the digital hustings alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Accor...