US politics
The rise of economic nationalism sidelines reconciliation
March 3, 2025By: Zainab Salam, SFU Student On the windy afternoon of January 19, I drove down to Bellingham to go shopping. I wanted some fridge necessities from renowned American grocer Trader Joe’s. The next day, Donald Trump was inaugurated, and since then, it feels as though the world has been thrown off its axis. With one executive order following another, Trump destabilized countless foreign relations, and Canada is no exception. Trump’s proposed tariffs are set out to alter the shopping habits of Canadians, including those who regularly cross the Canadian-American border to shop in accessible American cities. Canadians are after Canadian…
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Trump’s anti-DEI military initiative blatantly attempts to erase Black American contributions
February 25, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s personal vendettas, obsessions, and destructive thinking lies the sputtering corpse of one of his longest-standing victims: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) policy. Every aspect of DEI…
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Four things that would’ve protected the Capitol better than their security
February 2, 2021By: Alex Masse, Staff Writer Okay, so, the whole Capitol coup happened, right? And the officers supposedly protecting the place kind of . . . didn’t. They did take some selfies with the largely unmasked hoarde and let the place…
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