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Re: Every letters page ever

A truncated version of this article appeared in the March 18 issue of The Daily. Accommodation is a word with baggage in Quebec. In 2007,… Read More »Muslim women don’t need saving from themselves

Gender and class struggle are inseparable

Think back to your first introduction to the hydrological cycle. It seemed so simple, right? We were all assured that this cycle would unfailingly provide… Read More »Our ways of using water must change

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This coming March 21 will ring in the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD). For many skeptics, the day is nothing but… Read More »The fight to end racism isn’t over

Amy G. is a recovering drug addict. During her recovery from addiction – a process that never really ends – the boundaries between counsellor and… Read More »Interview with an addict

Moral decisions should not be made based on expediency

W hen Quebec’s minister of education Michelle Courchesne announced last month that a major tuition hike for university students in Quebec was in the works,… Read More »Take a hike, tuition hike!

The word “drugs” is not a neutral term. It comes loaded with other meanings, many emerging from the discourse around the “War on Drugs” and… Read More »End the stigmatization of medical drugs

On March 8-9 and 17-18, McGill students employed as invigilators in the Fall 2009 term will vote on forming a collective bargaining unit within the… Read More »Invigilators should unionize

The American Senate Judiciary Committee weakened the mandatory minimum sentencing laws for cocaine last week. Mandatory minimum sentence laws are legislative enactments that force judges… Read More »End unbalanced drug penalties and enforcement