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This ‘Woke’ Oil Company Has Been Illegally Polluting a Poor Latino Community
Oil giant Suncor vowed to fight racism in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. But it’s still releasing cancer-causing chemicals into a low-income Latino neighborhood north of Denver.
Ex-US Soldier Turned Influencer Criticized for Ukraine War Trip With Neo-Nazi
Derrick Bales, a Black veteran who runs a popular military lifestyle brand, maintains he did not participate in any fighting and was at the frontlines to conduct interviews for a coffee table book.
New Bill Gives Police ‘Unchecked Power’ Over Sex Workers, Advocates Say
Two months after the Atlanta shootings exposed how poorly police treat sex workers, Doug Ford's government is working on legislation that makes it even easier to target them.
College Students Are Fighting Addiction Hell During the Pandemic
Campus centres for students recovering from addiction are exploding during COVID.
Herd Immunity Has a Problem—Conservatives
Conservative states and provinces, and white men and evangelical Christians in particular, have higher rates of vaccine hesitancy.
A Nazi Flag Is Flying in Canada, and It’s Not Coming Down
Two Hitler Youth flags were spotted flying on separate rural Alberta properties last week. One man has since removed the Hitler Youth symbol, while the other is letting his fly next to a Confederate flag.
A Black Teen’s Mom Is Fundraising to Solve Her Mysterious Death in the Woods
Mikayla Miller’s mother said her daughter was found “bound by the neck with a black belt to a tree,” and she suggested police prematurely concluded it was a suicide.
Anti-Maskers Ready to Start Masking—to Protect Themselves From the Vaccinated
An anti-vaccine conspiracy about the vaccinated is leading some anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers to contemplate wearing a mask and social distance.
Canada Could Pass US Vaccinations by Summer as Americans Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
More than a third of Americans say they won’t get vaccinated, while nearly 80 percent of Canadians say they’ll get jabbed, according to Ipsos.
Instagram Stories About Violence Against Indigenous Women Are Disappearing
Hundreds of people have said their posts about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls were removed on a day meant to honour them.
Anti-Maskers Are Hosting an Eid Prayer Event and Muslim Groups Aren’t Having It
The Line Canada is demanding “every practicing Muslim” to abandon stay-at-home orders to attend a “proper” Eid prayer in a public park.
Alert: 76% of UK Festivals Could Cancel If the Government Doesn’t Step in
Calls for government-backed insurance plans have fallen on deaf ears, leading to growing fears of mass cancellations over the next few weeks.