Vermont s child protection system is in real trouble, as demonstrated in a recent study by the Vermont Parent Representation Center. The problems have only gotten worse in the last five
Chung, Ko: Public safety requires healing and justice, not vengeance, Local Opinion, Portland local Opinion, Breaking Opinion alerts for Portland city.
Chung, Ko: Public safety requires healing and justice, not vengeance, Local Opinion, Portland local Opinion, Breaking Opinion alerts for Portland city.
Published May 26, 2021
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First and foremost, BC post-punk outfit N0V3L fiercely identify as anti-capitalists. It s a personal statement that extends to the artistic intentions contained in their debut full-length record,
NON-FICTION a functionalist, stony political excursion that parses through manifestations of injustice, inequity and broken systems.
With
NON-FICTION, vocalist Jon Varley has largely ditched the shrill, new-wave bravado vocal stylings that accented the group s tightly-wound 2019 self-titled EP in favour of a more brutalist, deadpan delivery. Backed by understated, sluggish basslines and frenetic, interwoven guitars, Varley s lyrics paint an extremely grey portrait of modern-day life, examining the symptoms of capitalism through the lens of Vancouver s unforgiving housing market, populism gone awry and the West Coast s opioid crisis without ever feeling too heavy-handed.