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The countries sitting above the 49th parallel and why it matters now

The 49th parallel, best known as the line that forms most of the border between the United States and Canada, cuts across ...
OPB

Trump calls the U.S.-Canada border an ‘artificial line.’ That’s not entirely true

The U.S.-Canada border, as seen in this satellite map, mostly runs along the 49th parallel — and wasn't chosen at random. Planet Observer / Universal Images Group via Getty When President Trump hosted ...
CounterPunch

The 49th Parallel: A New Rubicon for Democracy

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” so taught civil rights campaigner and feminist Rita Mae Brown. There is no more fitting maxim for the broken ...
Iowa Public Radio

Trump calls the U.S.-Canada border an 'artificial line.' That's not entirely true

When President Trump hosted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office, conversation turned not only to the relationship between the two countries, but to the border itself. Echoing a ...