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I’m so old that I remember the Watergate hearings, and my parents being glued to the television set as American legislators determined Richard Nixon’s fate. I clearly remember eating pork chops with a can of mushroom soup quickly dumped on top — 🤢 — off TV trays in the living room, taking in the drama, and I believe those hearings stoked a lifelong interest in U.S. politics for me. All The President’s Men was one of the first non-fiction books I ever read, and when I picked it up again recently, Richard Nixon’s crimes and misdemeanours seemed positively quaint compared to Donald Trump’s. Nixon didn’t incite an insurrection against the U.S. government. He didn’t collude with foreign governments to attain or retain power. And he didn’t get impeached twice.
Donald Trump, however, will go down in history as the first U.S. commander-in-chief to be impeached a second time. But neither his departure from office nor his second impeachment will end the dangerous political movement his presidency spurred, Henry Giroux of McMaster University argues today in The Conversation Canada. He writes of Trumpism: “As a new cultural and political construct, it merges a ruthless capitalist rationality, growing inequality and commitment to white nationalism … America no longer lives in the shadow of authoritarianism. It
has tipped into the abyss.”
Also today, Thomas Klassen of York University outlines the various legal threats facing Trump after he leaves office, noting the impeachment "is the opening salvo of investigations and allegations of wrongdoing that will define his legacy."
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Lee-Anne Goodman
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Trump yells while visiting a portion of the border wall in Alamo, Tex. on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Henry Giroux, McMaster University
Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. But the ignorance and lawlessness of Trumpism will have a dangerous afterlife even after Trump has left Washington.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks out after speaking in the Brady Briefing Room in the White House in November 2020, three weeks after he lost the election.
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Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada
After Joe Biden assumes the presidency next week, Donald Trump may face criminal and civil charges at both the federal and state levels for actions before and during his tenure as president.
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The internet has made scientific research more available to the public and the media.
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Alice Fleerackers, Simon Fraser University; Juan Pablo Alperin, Simon Fraser University
The peer-review process is an essential part to ensure the quality of scientific research, but the pandemic-driven demand for information means that research is publicized before it has been reviewed.
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Vulnerable Canadians, particularly those who are older LGBTQ+, face challenges finding safe and adequate housing.
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Jacqueline Gahagan, Dalhousie University; Ren Thomas, Dalhousie University
Despite greater human rights protections, LGBTQ+ people in Canada still face challenges and discrimination when it comes to housing.
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Children wave American flags before an event with President-elect Joe Biden in November 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
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Julie C. Garlen, Carleton University; Neil Ramjewan, Carleton University
What happens over the next four years in Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration could have a lasting impact on how childhood is understood and experienced in the United States and beyond.
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The benefits of static stretching as part of a full warm-up before exercise seem to outweigh the disadvantages.
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David George Behm, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Anthony Blazevich, Edith Cowan University; Anthony David Kay, University of Northampton; Gabriel S. Trajano, Queensland University of Technology
Static stretching — stretching and holding muscles — was once an essential part of sports warm-ups, until studies suggested it reduced performance. New research shows it should be making a comeback.
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La Conversation Canada
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Les liens entre l'humain et l’animal peuvent avoir des effets bénéfiques sur la société.
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Catherine Amiot, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Brock Bastian, University of Melbourne
La façon dont les humains se connectent aux animaux est liée à celle dont nous interagissons avec les autres humains. La compréhension de ces relations peut contribuer à des sociétés plus inclusives.
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Le vaccin d'Oxford fonctionne en acheminant la séquence génétique de la protéine de pointe du SRAS-CoV-2 aux cellules de l'organisme.
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Tonia Thomas, University of Oxford; Rachel Colin-Jones, University of Oxford
Ce qui prend normalement des décennies a été réalisé en 12 mois, sans faire de concession.
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Politics
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Michael Blake, University of Washington
Even though a House majority voted to impeach, President Trump, the process will likely not be finished before he's left office. A philosopher argues why the impeachment is an important moral action.
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Arts
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John Ellis, Royal Holloway
Instead of feeling ashamed about our guilty pleasures, it is time to understand how they really work
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Culture + Society
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Karen Stollznow, Griffith University
Michael McCormack used a phrase that reveals prejudice during his stint as acting Prime Minister.
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