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As a divisive election tears Americans apart over questions of race and immigration, a CBC News poll suggests Canadians are right in believing they think very differently than their U.S. neighbours when it comes to multiculturalism. In fact, we’re more likely to think minorities should assimilate. In a national polling partnership between CBC and the…
(iStock) Dating is steeped in uncertainty. Sure, he looks cute in his pictures and is witty with the text messages, but will we have any chemistry in person? Sure, that first date was good, but with his travel schedule and my work schedule, will we find time for a second? We have fun together, but are we compatible…
NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he’d like to have sex with. The Associated Press interviewed more…
.entry-header It should come as no surprise that reliance on canon creates an orthodoxy which harms and marginalizes perfectly valid queer readings. – Emma Houxbois, Comicosity (née The Rainbow Hub) The power of stories like these, whether it’s a deep and personal tale wrought with emotion, or some fun and flirty fan art, cannot be…
Oct. 2 I’ve been keeping track of these replies. This is what I have heard. First, let’s summarize the criticisms: These are the complaints journalists talk the most about. Not the only complaints that have been made — or the most apt — but the ones they tend to listen and respond to. Campbell Brown, formerly…
During a time of rising racial tension, ham-fisted tweets and in-app moments of silence don’t cut it. By Max Becherer/A.P. Images. Last weekend, protesters gathered to rally at the Baton Rouge police department, the Louisiana State Capitol, and the convenience store where, days earlier, 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot at point-blank range…
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Melanie Austin sits at her kitchen table at her home near Brownsville, Pa., on Aug. 6. She is an enthusiastic Donald Trump supporter and is certain that he will win the election in November. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) In a living room in western Pennsylvania, the Republican National Convention was on TV, and Melanie…
Real Estate | Renters The Serial Subletter By JOANNE KAUFMANSEPT. 30, 2016 close story-meta-footer close story-meta Photo Susannah Vila is forever on the move, apartment-wise. Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Susannah Vila lives in a large studio on the parlor floor of a townhouse in the East Village, but who’s to say how long…
