‘Defund or disband’ has become a catchphrase among protesters in scores of American cities, and it’s catching on in Canada as well. This has become the Year of the Impossible: first a pandemic that no one imagined could happen in their own lifetime; then an economic implosion that made universal basic income at least a temporary response; and then a police street execution of a Black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that shook the world for a third time.
In the two tumultuous weeks since George Floyd died under the knee of officer Derek Chauvin, he has come to symbolize all […]
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