The McGill International Review

Host Galia Pakman Arrojo chats with Gabe Rottman, Vice President of Policy at the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, a Washington D.C. -based non-profit. They discuss the state of media freedom in the United States under Trump's second term up to late February 2026, touching on protest coverage, social media and citizen journalism, legal challenges in court, and more.

Host Sydney Murray sits down with Dre. Joanne Liu, the former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières and founder of PERL, the new pandemic evaluation and readiness lab at McGill. 

Host Ava Francin speaks with Daniel Martinez HoSang, Professor of American Studies at Yale University, whose research examines the rise of the multiracial right. HoSang is the co-editor of the forthcoming volume The Politics of the Multiracial Right and co-author of Producers, Parasites, Patriots. They discuss a political phenomenon that has puzzled many observers: the growing support for Donald Trump among voters of color. Drawing on his research, HoSang explains the complex political, social, and historical forces behind this shift and challenges common assumptions about race and political alignment in the United States. Learn more about his work at https://www.politicsmultiracialright.org, and on the Substack What’s Going On: A Notebook on Political Transformation.

Host Theo Shouse interviews economist Dominik Leusder about European political economy. They discuss European economic growth and stagnation, the Eurozone crisis, and the energy shocks from the Ukraine and Iran wars.

Host Kai Samuel-Szablowski speaks with P. Sainath, founder of the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) and author of the acclaimed Everybody Loves a Good Drought. Sainath won the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious prize, for his journalism advocating for India's rural poor.

 

They discuss his mission at PARI, India’s agrarian crisis and increasing inequality, and the state of journalism and media in India.  

Host Devina Briggs-Hammoud speaks with Karen Cocq, co-executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, about Bill C-12 and what it could mean for immigration in Canada.

Host Kai Samuel-Szablowski speaks with Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, to discuss the latest trends in Canadian public opinion.

La présentatrice Adèle Doat explore les recommandations du nouveau rapport du Comité sénatorial permanent des langues officielles pour faciliter l'accès aux services de santé dans la langue officielle de son choix, afin de garantir l’équité des soins au Canada.

Elle s’est entretenue avec le sénateur René Cormier du Nouveau-Brunswick, ainsi qu’Antoine Désilets, directeur général de la Société Santé en français. 

Host Adèle Doat explores the pressures shaping journalism in the digital age, from the news trust crisis to the rise of news influencers on social media. She is joined by Gina M. Masullo, an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Associate Director of the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication at UT Austin, and by David Marchese, a journalist at The New York Times and co-host of The Interview.   

Host Lauren Archibald speaks with Teresa Marshall, a multimedia artist, labour and social justice organizer, and independent filmmaker. They discuss how she has used communications and art to advocate for change over the course of her career.