More than 31,500 people petition Ontario town to ban Confederate flags

For some reason, someone’s been flying a Confederate flag outside their house in Collingwood, Ontario. There’s a lot to say about the flag’s history, but the fact of the matter is that it represents racism, slavery, segregation, and white supremacy. It’s an offensive symbol in the United States and simply

Toronto and Montreal are the fastest-growing cities in North America

For many years, Toronto has had more cranes in the sky than any other North American city. Like, way more. One of the things that makes Toronto such a vibrant city is that people actually live there. Suburban living dominates many American cities, turning them into ghost towns after evening

Band-Aid will add 4 new skin tones to its bandage roster

After 100 years, Band-Aid is launching a line of racially diverse bandages, following other brands like Browndages (black-owned) and TruColor, who have made bandages for different skin tones for years. Band-Aid is a highly visible bandage brand – when’s the last time you asked for an adhesive bandage? – and

Essential works by black authors you should read right now

In Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, ‘Long Walk to Freedom’, the revolutionary South African civil rights leader writes, “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can