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Alireza Naraghi

Alireza Naraghi

Five years after the water crisis, Flint residents are being ignored

Photographer Bria Ferguson has an activist spirit about her. When she talks, her words demand attention. Five years ago, when lead-laden…

Apr 11, 2019

Five years after the water crisis, Flint residents are being ignored

Apr 11, 2019

Alireza Naraghi

Vulnerable and Homeless Young People Need Help Before It’s Too Late.

A young man clambers out of a concrete crevasse, wrapped up in a worn-out tarp on the busy Yonge Street two blocks north of the Eaton…

Feb 28, 2019

Vulnerable and Homeless Young People Need Help Before It’s Too Late.

Feb 28, 2019

Alireza Naraghi

Bernie Sanders’ ‘Radicalism’ is Tomorrow’s Common Sense

When Bernie Sanders announced that he was going to run for president the last election, his candidacy was viewed by most as a relic of the…

Feb 19, 2019

Bernie Sanders’ ‘Radicalism’ is Tomorrow’s Common Sense

Feb 19, 2019

Alireza Naraghi

Mental Illness, the Silent Epidemic on University Campuses

Sarah Edwards, 20, who’s in her second year at the University of Toronto, says her struggle with anxiety was triggered three months into…

Feb 1, 2019

Mental Illness, the Silent Epidemic on University Campuses

Feb 1, 2019

Alireza Naraghi

‘Government Silence Is Deafening’: Distraught and Angry Workers Send a Message to GM at the Rally…

Strong, squalling winds buffeted the border city of Windsor, as hundreds of workers gathered for a General Motors rally along the Detroit…

Jan 23, 2019

‘Government Silence Is Deafening’: Distraught and Angry Workers Send a Message to GM at the Rally…

Jan 23, 2019

Alireza Naraghi

We’re Ignoring A Crisis Of Entrenched Cynicism In American Democracy

For the last few weeks I have been driving around rural and deindustrialized counties in Ohio, chatting with scores of people as they talk…

Jun 12, 2018

We’re Ignoring A Crisis Of Entrenched Cynicism In American Democracy

Jun 12, 2018

Alireza Naraghi

Teachers’ Strike Speaks To The Plight Of Working Americans

After years of shrinking wages, teachers across the United States are striking back. Last week, after the historic victory in West…

Apr 13, 2018

Teachers’ Strike Speaks To The Plight Of Working Americans

Apr 13, 2018

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When the Politics of Anger Prevail

Why low wages in America are at the root of the Trump presidency

Apr 5, 2018

When the Politics of Anger Prevail

Apr 5, 2018

Alireza Naraghi

End The False Promises Or Our Democracy Will Die

Colin was freckled with sawdust from his trousers to his boots and had come straight from work to the pub. When I asked if he identifies as…

Feb 2, 2018

End The False Promises Or Our Democracy Will Die

Feb 2, 2018

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The Outbreak of Fentanyl Shows How Broken the War on Drugs Is

And how safe injection sites might decrease overdoses

Nov 29, 2017

The Outbreak of Fentanyl Shows How Broken the War on Drugs Is

Nov 29, 2017

Alireza Naraghi

Alireza Naraghi

Journalist and feature writer. Work in @macleans, @HuffPost, @NovaraMedia & elsewhere. Researching social movements @RyersonU

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