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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd on April 20. While the verdict was celebrated as justice, many also said the novel guilty verdict does nothing to address the routine nature of police violence. In fact, since testimony started in the Chauvin trial, 64 people in the United States were killed by police: over half were Black and Latinx. Years of research and community reporting have shown how Black, Indigenous and racialized people experience violence by police or over-policing. But research also shows a chronic under-po...

Priyanka Vittal and Jesse Firempong: Big Oil’s climate cop-out How Canada's fossil fuel giants are buying influence with police departments to do their dirty work in pipeline fights on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border posted on April 22nd, 2021 at 6:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 By Priyanka Vittal and Jesse Firempong For sci-fi writers, worldbuilding often means dreaming up the vivid and terrifying settings where dystopian stories unfold. In 2021 amid a global pandemic, however, dystopia is a matter of perspective.  As the coronavirus drives this year’s Earth Day events indoors, the chil...

Earth Day Issue: Big Oil’s climate cop-out How Canada's fossil fuel giants are buying influence with police departments to do their dirty work in pipeline fights on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border By Priyanka Vittal and Jesse Firempong Apr 22, 2021 Getty Images For sci-fi writers, worldbuilding often means dreaming up the vivid and terrifying settings where dystopian stories unfold. In 2021 amid a global pandemic, however, dystopia is a matter of perspective.  As the coronavirus drives this year’s Earth Day events indoors, the chilling effects of climate change have never b...

We're smug about violent racism in the U.S., but there's blood on Canadian hands, too The never-ending list of names of Black and Indigenous people taken fatally by our police continues to grow, with most of the country unaware of these injustices, writes Alexa Joy. Social Sharing Alexa Joy · for CBC News Opinion · Posted: Apr 10, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 10 Protesters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa hold placards during a June 5, 2020, rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd.(Blair Gable/Reuters)