Culture

3 Minutes

Review

Gender and wealth: a feminist viewpoint

PV July 24, 2019

The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich, by Victoria Bateman, 243 pp., 2019, Polity Press. Review by Kimball Cariou. British economist and activist Victoria Bateman is known for unorthodox tactics to get...

4 Minutes

Music Notes

Music Notes: “Blood”: anthem of the Sudanese struggle

PV July 24, 2019

There are times when, in the midst of a democratic struggle, an artist appears who expresses the aspirations and the anger of the people. The Sudanese rapper Ayman Mao is one such artist. His...

4 Minutes

Music Notes

MUSIC NOTES: Songs of Our Native Daughters

PV June 28, 2019

Songs of Our Native Daughters “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times”. So said the celebrated African-American singer, pianist, and freedom fighter Nina Simone. Today, Our Native Daughters, a quartet of distinguished and...

5 Minutes

Canada Culture Indigenous peoples

WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

PV June 28, 2019

No Surrender: the land remains Indigenous, by Sheldon Krasowski, foreword by Winona Wheeler, University of Regina Press, 2019, 368 pages. A growing number of ground-breaking academic publications in recent years are giving important new...