Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling in the York University vs. Access Copyright case deals a significant blow to creators
The recent ruling declared that the copyright collective does not have standing to sue, and punted on the matter of fair dealing.
Fundraiser to rebuild largest English-language bookstore in Gaza raises more than $210,000 to date
“Even under the blockade, it made us feel as a part of the world,” says one writer and translator about the cultural significance of the demolished store.
While mainstream publishers wage internal wars, a new upstart threatens to import online polarization into the print sphere
The potential for importing internet and cable news level divisiveness into publishing appears more dangerous than the tradition of publishing across the political spectrum.
Union push at Amazon fails, company denies intimidation tactics
The implications of the vote go to the heart of the difficulties in standing up to major corporations while promoting worker safety and humane working conditions.
Simon & Schuster cancels book by Senator Josh Hawley after “dangerous insurrection” in Washington, D.C.
One of America’s largest publishers has decided to step away from publishing a forthcoming work by the pugilistic Misouri senator.
On June 4, 1972, Angela Davis was acquitted of kidnapping and murder. Her trial still resonates
A volume of essays by and about the radical Black thinker Angela Davis deals with her time in U.S. prison and has disturbing relevance today.
Watch Your Head addresses climate crisis through poetry, art
Poet and editor Kathryn Mockler’s latest project is an online call to arms around the ongoing climate emergency.
George Elliott Clarke on the insidious history of Blackface in North America
Former Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke provides an incisive critique of pernicious historical acts of racial burlesque.