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I sincerely plead with my colleagues, to surrender the artificial constructs that measure achievement and greet the children where they are, not where we think they “should be.”

“If you want people to do the right thing you have to make it easy, and we’ve made it hard.”

Reports from the world of tech and mass media, closing out the year from hell

Waterloo was the site of a historic battle for labor rights and racial justice. But as the meatpacking industry changed, the workforce lost its power and was primed for an outbreak. This is how we got here.

And what it lost in the process

President Cyril Ramaphosa expected to announce new restrictions in attempt to slow the surge

Mutual aid is not only about addressing the crisis at hand but also about undoing the injustices of colonialism and imperialism.

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To allow millions of workers in the arts to end up jobless – and permit the breakdown of the institutional infrastructure that makes the performance and showcasing of art possible— would leave this country culturally impoverished for years to come.