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For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding “travelling wall” bearing some 1,500 names of children like himself who were forced to attend the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont. Now, he’s launched a fundraiser to make it a permanent monument.
Never mind Hollywood-style happy endings. Ask Vladimir Putin about his first meeting with Joe Biden, and he makes a bleaker allusion to Russian literature. That’s about as good as it gets for the U.S. and Russia, a toxic couple seeking to co-exist.
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she keeps her parliamentary badge close every time she enters the House of Commons — just in case she has to prove who she is.
Officials insist inflation won’t last, and on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s Jerome Powell hinted he’ll join the Bank of Canada’s Tiff Macklem in cutting back on stimulus. But unless wages catch up, rising prices continue to make most of us poorer.
Social media has become a better platform for advocacy during the pandemic, especially for the voices that often get pushed back. TikTok and Instagram in particular can play a role in reclaiming space because they have few barriers to entry.