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What indie media is for

Editor’s note by Jessica Johnston [Read more]

A dramatic revival

Amidst the rubble of a West Bank refugee camp, creativity and self-expression take centre stage at the Freedom Theatre, a place where Palestinian kids experience something they see little of: hope
By Richard A. Johnson [Read more]

Friends ’til the end

The Christian right’s support for Israel can not be taken as support for Jews. In reality, anti-Semitism lies at the heart of Christian Zionism and more Jewish leaders should loudly denounce it
By Jesse Rosenfeld [Read more]

“Tear down that wall!”

Activists demanding a better fate for Palestinians have chosen a potent accusation—the new apartheid—to rally support for the growing anti-Israel boycott. Their belief: what forced change in South Africa can provoke change in the Middle East. But it may not be that easy—or that simple
By Sue Ferguson [Read more]

Encounters in Jerusalem

Portraits of a city at prayer
Photo essay by Ethan Eisenberg [Read more]

Birthrights (and wrongs)

Personal revelations on the road to Israel
By Peter Trainor [Read more]


THIS & THAT

Profile: Walking the talk
Adrian Bradbury’s annual hike brings the desperate plight of Uganda to the world By Wendy Glauser

News: A toxic drop in the bucket
DIY environmentalists won’t wait for others to clear the air By Jesse McLean

WTF?: Feed on the poor, Harper watch and more

Whatever happened to: Genetically modified foods?
Frightening farming By Lauren McKeon

Graphic: Do you Facebook?
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Argument: Here’s the beef
Livestock is a huge source of GHGs—so where are the ads telling us to eat less meat? By Lynn Kavanagh

List: 4 cancer causers in your bathroom
By Lindsay Kneteman

Politics: Elizabeth May’s wild ride
Green Party leader dashes high hopes By Scott Piatkowski

Economics: Labour pains
Why the workers’ holiday should be more than just a day off work By Ellen Russell and Mathieu Dufour

Contrarian: Be careful what you wish for
Why we should support Palestinians without endorsing Hamas By Yifat Sisskind

FICTION & POETRY

16 haikus Poetry by Tom Walmsley

I know it’s serious Fiction by Sandra Alland

Bell Fiction by Michael Boyce

ARTS & IDEAS

Profile: Capturing conflict
Montreal photographer brings the Middle East home By Misha Warbanski

Media: Make no mistake... By Tracey Lindeman

Learning: Too cool for school
By Chandler Levack

Music: Girl superpower
By Liivi Sandy

Read this: I, Tania, by Brian Joseph Davis
Review by Mark Medley

Television: Have mosque, will travel
Can Saskatchewan Muslims make it south of the border? By Lisa Whittington-Hill

Books: Pick me! Pick me!
Is a little first-novel recognition too much to ask? By John Degen

Then & now: You should have said so before we left the house
Bathrooms through the ages By Lynn Cunningham

Letters to the editor



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