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California makes history by becoming the first state to legally recognize non-binary as a third gender
The Plaid Zebra October 19, 2017

Sunday, October 15, 2017 will go down as a historic day, as California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed new legislation that will allow the residents of California to choose a gender other than male or f…

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Global Stage
The harrowing culture of Bacha Bazi – where young boys are auctioned to the highest bidder for sex
The Plaid Zebra October 10, 2017

BY: NADIA ZAIDI  The trafficking of young girls and women is a global human rights violation, but in Afghanistan young boys are exclusively the targets of sex slavery.  It’s an underground world…

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Womens prisoners
Global Stage
This exhibition gives a voice to the silenced women prisoners of Syria
The Plaid Zebra October 4, 2017

BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Manchester based organization, Rethink Rebuild Society recently held an important event to highlight the horrific aspects of Syrian imprisonment under Assad’s regime. Assad’s regime h…

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Global Stage
Pakistan is putting the U.S. to shame on transgender rights, but the rest of the LGBTQ community is being left behind
The Plaid Zebra August 29, 2017

BY: NADIA ZAIDI  Pakistan is one of the most conservative countries in the world. Its conservatism on issues like women’s rights have continually made headlines on major world networks. The blur…

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Global Stage
How a group of women are increasing access to education in Nicaragua
The Plaid Zebra May 4, 2017

BY: ADAM THRUSH A new social initiative has launched in Nicaragua that focuses on the organization of communal spaces for the purpose of hosting makeshift libraries in rural Nicaraguan villages. ̵…

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Global Stage
Global capitalism and unethical outsourcing have caused millions of deaths
The Plaid Zebra April 28, 2017

BY: DUSTIN BATTY There are many benefits to global trade, such as boosted economies, cheaper products, and availability of more goods—like fruits and vegetables that are out of season. However, despit…

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Expression & Culture
When a soft drink becomes a symbol of human rights
The Plaid Zebra April 14, 2017

BY: NADIA ZAIDI I can’t help but think twice before reaching for a can of Pepsi. At the risk of sounding dramatic, it isn’t exactly the current beverage of choice. In fact, it’s beco…

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homeless exploitation
Expression & Culture
Taking photos of homeless people without their consent is not art – it’s exploitation
The Plaid Zebra February 24, 2017

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY Recently a friend of mine asked if I would be willing to help her on a university paper she had to write. In post secondary education there always seems to be strength in numbers; …

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body positivity
Body Vs Mind
Fully-nude body positivity workshops helped me get over my body insecurities (NSFW)
The Plaid Zebra February 12, 2017

BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Everybody get naked.” I glance around the room as nine women—nine strangers—start to take off their clothes. I apprehensively do the same. Heads are bowed towards the floor as we a…

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Global Stage
This Canadian Province just passed a motion for universal basic income
The Plaid Zebra December 8, 2016

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  On Tuesday, Prince Edward Island took a positive step forward by passing a motion to set up a basic income pilot project. The motion was put forward by Green Party leader Peter Bev…

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For 7 years this vagabond collected 1,000 stories from strangers who helped him on his journey
The Plaid Zebra November 14, 2016

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  All photos by Gabor  Gabor hasn’t had a place to call home in over seven years. Instead he has spent those years backpacking the world and meeting new people. Gabor decided t…

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Expression & Culture
Video exhibition portrays the dark side of 1950s domestic life
The Plaid Zebra November 4, 2016

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY Sarah Anne Johnson may or may not be a familiar name, but her striking brand of photography has left a mark on Canadian art and culture. A graduate of the University of Manitoba, J…

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Global Stage
It’s time to stop making women undergo virginity testing for higher education 
The Plaid Zebra November 2, 2016

BY: AISHA ILYAD  Being a virgin is apparently a condition for acceptance for girls looking to attend university in Egypt. Elhamy Agina, an Egyptian member of parliament, wants all Egyptian girls to un…

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Global Stage
Poland rejects a restrictive abortion ban after thousands of women go on strike
The Plaid Zebra October 12, 2016

BY: AISHA ILYAD “My body, my right.” This was the slogan of Polish Women who went on strike in protest against proposals for a total ban on abortion in their country. These anti-abortion p…

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Hundreds rally to demand justice for Berta Cáceres
The Plaid Zebra March 19, 2016

BY: MARINELLA MATEJCIC On March 17, over 200 hundred feminists and human rights defenders rallied together in the streets of New York to demand justice for the murder of Berta Cáceres. The rally was h…

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Unethical Canadian mining practices shed a harsh light on Canada’s good-guy image
The Plaid Zebra February 24, 2016

BY: AIDAN MACNAB Photo by Roger LeMoyne / Macleans Canada is back, or so we’re told. After a decade-long dark age of Harper lunacy we have allegedly re-established ourselves as the global nice guys. W…

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Global Stage
Harlow’s infamously cruel experiments are the reason chimps should be recognized as legal persons
The Plaid Zebra July 28, 2015

BY: KAROUN CHAHINIAN The Manhattan Supreme Court made history when two chimpanzees were recognized as possible legal non-human persons in order to hold a “personhood” rights hearing. Justice Barbara J…

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This TV show made fashion bloggers work in the sweatshops their clothing came from (Video)
The Plaid Zebra April 14, 2015

BY: ROB HOFFMAN A month long reality TV series was recently produced by Norway’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten, in which popular fashion blogger, Anniken Jørgensen, and avid consumers, Frida Ottesen …

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Global Stage
The impacts of global overpopulation can only be told through photos
The Plaid Zebra April 3, 2015

7.3 billion people on this planet and counting, with a growth rate of 1.5 million every week. Believing that the logical rationale echoed for decades about the threats of overpopulation were largely b…

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Global Stage
These photos of Africans with mental illness show a disturbing assault on human dignity
The Plaid Zebra September 9, 2014

BY: ROBIN HAMMOND Locked in tin shacks and chained to rusty hospital beds, Africans with mental illness have been abandoned by their government, neglected by foreign aid advocates, and persecuted by t…

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