“Wanna hear a secret, girls?” Lorde asked on stage Sunday at England’s Glastonbury Festival. “Your bodies were destined to be controlled and objectified since before you were born. That horror is your birthright.”
Many artists at #Glastonbury called out the Supreme Court, including Olivia Rodrigo who brought out British singer Lily Allen for a specific condemnation.
“This song is for the justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh,” Rodrigo said. “We hate you. We hate you.”
Other artists who used their #Glastonbury platform to express dissatisfaction with the court decision included Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers, Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish.
Cyndi Lauper has rerecorded her 1993 abortion rights song ‘Sally’s Pigeons’ in protest of the Roe v. Wade reversal. The release of the new acoustic version was accompanied by a series of tweets.
Feminist folk-rock icon Ani DiFranco has collaborated with Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard on the new rocker ‘Disorders’, with proceeds to benefit the National Network of Abortion Funds.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift also used her voice on social media, retweeting a widely-shared statement made by former First Lady Michelle Obama, while adding her own concerns.
The federal government is missing out on up to $23.4-billion a year in uncollected taxes, according to the Canada Revenue Agency’s most detailed effort to date to estimate Canada’s tax gap.
The tax gap refers to the difference between how much tax Ottawa collects each year and how much it could have collected if every individual and corporation paid all of the tax they legally owed.
Some of the gap is because of illegal activity, such as cash payments in the construction sector that go unreported or global companies that hide assets offshore.
The B.C. government is considering a suppression of residential rent increases in 2023 as tenants face the prospect of outsized rent hikes that aggravate inflation troubles.
British Columbia is weighing various options, ranging from a rent freeze to using the standard formula for annual increases, which is tied to inflation.
Clutch rival Canada Drives saw business leap 580 per cent in the first quarter compared with the same period a year ago. The company also fell short of its fundraising target after several large investors retreated from the space.
When BTS announced they were taking a temporary break as a group and pursuing individual projects, the ripple effects were immediate.
On today's episode of The Decibel, @HannahSung speaks about the economic and cultural force of the K-pop supergroup. bit.ly/3nmnXCF
"They're an absolute force economically," says Sung. After the announcement, the K-pop group's parent company, Hybe, experienced a loss of over 25% of their market value, which was $1.7 billion USD. bit.ly/3nmnXCF
BTS has spoken at the United Nations (twice) and taken photos with President Biden at the White House. "The South Korean government has put a lot money into the development of cultural exports and supports the arts as a means of soft power," says Sung. bit.ly/3nmnXCF
Canada does not need an abortion law, writes @picardonhealth. We’ve done fine without one for almost 35 years. tgam.ca/3yqe2ma
Well-meaning pro-choice activists who are calling for legislative and constitutional protections are being sucked into a trap, he writes. tgam.ca/3yqe2ma
Once you have a law, it can serve as a platform for attacks, and protections can be whittled down.
No criminal law is needed to determine who can have prostate cancer surgery or a vasectomy, and none should exist to determine who can get a tubal litigation or an abortion.
Washington’s climate advocates are urging U.S. President Joe Biden to do whatever it takes to finally pass hundreds of billions of dollars in spending to combat climate change.
The signal they’re sending is that they’re ready to declare victory if Mr. Biden is able to get legislative approval for a climate package before looming midterm elections.
Expectations have fallen drastically since Mr. Biden took office, when he was supposed to fast-track a clean-energy revolution domestically while internationally repositioning the United States at the forefront to avert the climate crisis.