Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

In The Eleventh Hour, Salman Rushdie writes like he’s running out of time

By Jenni Ramone, Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University

Salman Rushdie’s new collection of short stories urgently recollects his literary legacy. It’s as though time is increasingly uncertain so the need to tell stories is great.

Its title, The Eleventh Hour, says as much, and the book succeeds Knife (2024), written about his attack on stage in 2022. The central story portrays students and writers in the libraries of

Read complete article

~	Brazil: Police massacre in Rio de Janeiro is evidence yet again of systemic and racist violence

~	Critic of Mali’s Junta Forcibly Disappeared

~	Alleged Cluster Munition Remnant Kills Cambodian Boy

~	SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life

~	2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food

~	Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof’ the classroom. It was short-lived, but could still leave a mark

~	America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back

~	Diane Keaton’s $5M pet trust would be over the top if reports prove true – here’s how to ensure your beloved pet is safe after you are gone

~	Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US

~	Rape culture is a problem for everyone – here are three ways to tackle it