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TORONTO, ON- OCTOBER 29 - American Senator Bernie Sanders talks at Convocation Hall to talk about Canadian healthcare at the University of Toronto in Toronto. October 29, 2017. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Bernie Sanders Enlists Canada To Make The Case For Universal Health Care
By Daniel Marans
But his Toronto trip was light on real-life exposure to the Canadian system’s challenges.
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 1 - New Democrats have chosen Jagmeet Singh as their new leader, October 1, 2017. Singh scored a solid victory in the first round of voting for a new NDP leader, with 53.6 per cent of voters placing him at the top of their ranked ballot in results that were unveiled at a waterfront hotel Sunday afternoon. (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Progressive Canadian Leader: Justin Trudeau Should ‘Stand Up’ To Donald Trump
By Daniel Marans
Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, achieved international fame for how he handled a racist heckler at a town hall.
BUSINESS
It's Everywhere: In Employment Discrimination, The Law Usually Wins, Not You
By Michele Weldon, Contributor
Author, Journalist, Emerita Faculty at Northwestern University
Sometimes the law is on your side in cases of employment discrimination. And sometimes it isn’t. If you are a woman, person
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MEDIA
Right-Wing 'News' Sites Distract From Nightmare Trumpcare With Scary Fairy Tales Of Freedom Lost
By Ian Reifowitz, Contributor
Professor of History at SUNY-Empire State College
Do you know people who like to watch horror movies? It’s puzzling why people want to have the bejeezus scared out of them
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: The Weeknd attends the 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between' Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by J. Kempin/Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
The Weeknd Donates $100,000 To Children’s Medical Facility In Uganda
By Brennan Williams
The Toronto native has previously contributed to the Black Lives Matter movement.
HEALTHY LIVING
Suffering May Lead To Extreme Political Beliefs
By The Greater Good Science Center, Contributor
Based at the University of California, Berkeley
By Tom Jacobs Many reasons have been offered for the increasing polarization of political attitudes. Now, a new study uncovers
HEALTHY LIVING
Social Isolation – A Growing Epidemic
By Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, Contributor
President, The Aging Experience.
According to the AARP, 51 percent of people over 75 live alone. Twenty-six percent face an increased risk of death due to
Graphic by Nancy Oatts, 2017
HEALTHY LIVING
When Helping Hurts
By Risa Breckman and Philip C. Marshall, Contributors
Elder abuse is a national epidemic. Each year in the United States, an estimated 10 percent of older Americans are injured
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HEALTHY LIVING
Does Empathy Have Limits?
By The Conversation US, Contributor
Views from experts in academia, providing fact-based analysis ...
By C. Daryl Cameron, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Inzlicht and William A. Cunningham, University of Toronto Is
An environmental activist holds a banner reading "resist" while attending a speech by Myron Ebell (L), who leads U.S. President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency's transition team, at the Solvay library in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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POLITICS
How The 'Guerrilla Archivists' Saved History – And Are Doing It Again Under Trump
By The Conversation US, Contributor
Views from experts in academia, providing fact-based analysis ...
By Morgan Currie, University of California, Los Angeles and Britt S. Paris, University of California, Los Angeles On Inauguration
Geoffrey Boden, 4, tries out a laser gun while visiting 'Star Wars at the Hanger' at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, CO, May 04, 2012. The family-event offered tours of an X-Wing fighter ship, combat training with the Jedi Lightsaber Academy and a look at the 'Dark Side' at the Stormtrooper Training School. For many Star Wars Fans May the fourth is also know as 'Star Wars Day... May the Fourth be with you.' Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post (Photo By Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
PG-13 Movies Have As Much Gun Violence As R-Rated Films Nowadays
By Maxwell Strachan
The problem is, no one really knows how much the films influence children.
POLITICS
Trump Got You Down? Check Out My Bubble -- Toronto
By Richard Florida, Contributor
Director MPI at U of T, Senior Editor, The Atlantic and Profes...
POLITICS
A Cyber-Attack on a U.S. Election is Inevitable
By Daniel Wagner, Contributor
Managing Director of Risk Cooperative / Co-author of "Global R...
SCIENCE
Rapid, Low-Cost, Paper-Based Test For Zika
By Terrence McNally, Contributor
Podcast host, communications consultant
In early May, a rapid, low-cost, freeze-dried, paper-based, strain-specific diagnostic system for detection of the Zika virus was introduced by an international consortium of researchers led by synthetic biologist James Collins of Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. It could soon be used in the field to screen blood, urine or saliva samples.
PARENTS
A University Professor Shares Insights About Motherhood and Career
By Laurie Hollman, Ph.D., Contributor
Infant-Parent and Child Psychoanalyst; Author, 'Unlocking Pare...
How do women measure success? Is it by mothering and having a career? How do they carry out both forms of work to their satisfaction? What helps? What hurts?
ARTS
Your Brain Is Wired To Enjoy Art, So You Have No Excuses
By Katherine Brooks
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