Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Shiven Taneja writes about the glaring need to keep masking to avoid the spread of COVID-19 even if governments have abandoned their…
Gender Issues
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Umair Haque writes about the reasons why the COVID pandemic is far from over – and indeed the worst may be yet…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Brian Goldman interviews Raywot Deonandan about the options available to limit the spread of COVID-19 through the coming fall and winter. But while…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Monique Beals reports on Anthony Fauci’s recognition that attacks directed against him are based solely on denialists’ hostility toward the truth, while Mike…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – J. Stacey Klutts offers a summary of the lessons we’ve already learned about the Delta variant – including the need to combine…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBC News reports on the research which is just starting to systematically identify and treat the worrisome symptoms of long COVID. Gabriel Scally…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Claire Pomeroy and the Financial Times each highlight the likelihood that survivors of long COVID will be affected for the rest of their…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ivan Semeniuk writes about the changing COVID-19 pandemic as the primary threat becomes the spread of variants which weren’t known or accounted for…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Bruce Arthurt warns against letting up in our effort to fight COVID-19 just when a substantial victory is in sight. And Stephen Reicher,…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Macdonald and Martha Friendly examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has put even more strain on a Canadian child care system which was…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stephanie Taylor reports on the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s warning that we can’t afford to loosen the province’s COVID-19 rules – which of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Caroline Chen discusses why opening restaurants and other indoor venues which involve prolonged contact is the worst possible choice if one wants to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rachel Gilmore reports on polling showing that Canadians recognize (contrary to the spin of right-wing politicians looking to deflect blame) that there’s…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomson Reuters reports on the latest UN research showing that planned fossil fuel production far exceeds what we can afford if we want…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Mariana Mazzucato offers her take as to how to set our economy onto a positive course in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.…
On national efforts
I’ve previously made my pitch as to why progressive people across Canada should pitch in to help support the Saskatchewan NDP’s cause in this month’s provincial election. But I’ll highlight…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alisha Haridasani Gupta discusses why so many women have been excluded from the workforce during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kathryn…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nicole Mortillaro notes that the reduction in pollution due to COVID-19-related shutdowns isn’t keeping 2020 from being either the hottest or second-hottest…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Patrick Brethour discusses houw the effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been anything but fairly or equally distributed. And Katherine Scott highlights…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Don Pittis discusses how the spread of modern monetary theory is challenging some stale assumptions about government budgeting. And Sarath Peiris highlights…