After a brief holiday respite, Dalhousie University must try — again — to reset a raveled, roiling mess that may have initially focused on one secret Facebook group but has now morphed into broader, thornier and out-of-the-university’s-control debates about restorative justice, public safety, crime, punishment, education, rape culture, life and who gets to decide how […]
- 01/05/2015
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After a brief holiday respite, Dalhousie University must try — again — to reset a raveled, roiling mess that may have initially focused on one secret Facebook group but has now morphed into broader, thornier and out-of-the-university’s-control debates about restorative justice, public safety, crime, punishment, education, rape culture, life and who gets to decide how […]
- 01/05/2015
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- 01/04/2015
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I was interviewed December 17, 2014, following the official announcement the United States and Cuba had agreed to a prisoner swap, freeing the three remaining members of the Cuban Five still in U.S. prisons.
- 01/04/2015
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Not all of those who’ve been part of the struggle to free the Cuban Five have been prominent activists, or even members of organized groups. Meet a few of them. Jacqueline Roussie, a French woman who discovered the case of the Five during a vacation to Cuba with her husband in 2003, began corresponding with […]
- 01/02/2015
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In the sweet afterglow of last month’s historic rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, much has been made of the pivotal roles played by Pope Francis, the Canadian government, New York Times editorialists, various American politicians and their aides, even “sperm diplomacy.” All that is true, of course, but there are other narratives in […]
- 01/02/2015
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I am good — one might even suggest excellent — at making New Year’s resolutions. Lose weight. Become fit. Clean out the accumulated mess in my basement and attic. The good news is I never need to waste precious post-Christmas-pre-New Year’s do-nothing hours contemplating what to include on my list for the upcoming year. I […]
- 12/29/2014
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“NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN that I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, pursuant to my powers under Article II, Section 2, clause I, of the Constitution, and in consideration of the premises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby commute the aforesaid total prison sentence of the said GERARDO […]
- 12/23/2014
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I followed last week’s news stories about Dalhousie dental school with a mixture of oh-no shock and not-again recognition. The week began with revelations about a misnamed, misogynous Facebook group: “The Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen.” Thirteen male graduating dental students had shared anti-women screeds, voted on which female classmate they’d most like to “hate […]
- 12/22/2014
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On December 17, 2014, the United States and Cuba reached an historic deal. The United States agreed to return Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino and Antonio Guerrero — the remaining three members of the Cuban Five — to their families and homeland in exchange for a previously unknown Cuban national who has spent much of the […]
- 12/21/2014
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STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books
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