Inequality and its pernicious effects on culture and democracy
The following is an excerpt from The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart, by Astra Taylor, and published by House of Anansi Press. The book is one of five finalists for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Savoie gets to the bottom of the story in Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity
The following is an excerpt from Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity, by Donald Savoie, one of five books shortlisted for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Privacy law needs an update
The following is an excerpt from The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy, by Ignacio Cofone, published by Cambridge University Press, one of the five finalists for this year’s $60,000 Donner Prize for the best public policy book written by a Canadian. The winner will be announced in Toronto on May 8.
War raging on Earth threatens co-operation among the stars
The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for this year’s $60,000 Donner Prize.
Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied
The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach’s Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon & Schuster, and one of this year’s five finalists for the Donner Prize for the best book public policy written by a Canadian. The prize will be awarded in Toronto on May 8.
Exploring the legacy of COVID pandemic panic
The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted for this year’s $60,000 Donner Prize.
We are on the path to legal singularity
The following is an excerpt from The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better, one of the five books shortlisted for this year’s $60,000 Donner Prize.
Globe reporter dishes up sensational book about Rogers’ family dynasty and feuds
The Rogers family did not offer much co-operation on this book. But relying on her previous reporting at The Globe and Mail, public documents and the aid of confidential sources, Alexandra Posadzki has assembled a riveting account of the boardroom machinations within Canada’s telecommunications sector.
Martin Baron digs into The Washington Post
As the senior news executive at The Washington Post, Martin Baron was a key member of that establishment press. His newsroom was a thorn in Trump’s ego. Collision of Power is his memoir of what that was like.
Parliament’s in a pickle
Is Parliament doomed to fail? Or is it not as bad as most Canadians think it is? Jonathan Malloy, a scholar of Canadian political institutions, discusses his new book, The Paradox of Parliament.
