May, 2025 | The Walrus

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Politics

Mark Carney Promised Affordable Housing. Now Comes the Impossible Part

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 - by David Moscrop

You can’t have it all, but the government is going to try

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May 2025 / Poetry

Two Runners

May 22, 2025May 21, 2025 - by Nicholas Bradley

After, they are hoarse / and slow. They jog

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The social impact of online gaming in Canada

May 21, 2025 - by The Walrus Lab

With online gaming on the rise in Canada, exploring its social impact reveals both new opportunities for connection and emerging challenges around responsibility and well-being

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Current Affairs / July/August 2025

I’ve Visited Guantánamo 28 Times as a Reporter. It Still Defies Belief

May 21, 2025May 28, 2025 - by Michelle Shephard

The surreal gulag has a pub, a gift shop, and a McDonald’s. Now Trump is looking to fill it up again

Letters / March/April 2025

Letters to the Editor: March/April 2025

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 - by Readers

Family histories, fantasies, and a bad fit

Memoir

How to Make a Living as a Writer

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 - by Gabrielle Drolet

Horse stories in the morning, erotica in the afternoon

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Politics

Crisis or Reform: The Choice Facing Canada’s New Parliament

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 - by Andrew Coyne

We’ve had a lovely run these past 150-odd years, but our luck may not hold much longer

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Memoir

The Ballad of Neko and Niko

May 17, 2025May 17, 2025 - by Niko Stratis

When I came out as trans, I struggled to land on a name. I returned to one I had heard on the radio and written on my arm

Quiz

Weekly Quiz: Polar Power Plays, Corporate Compensation, and Post-War Progress

May 17, 2025May 16, 2025 - by Kayla Thompson

How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday.

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Current Affairs

China Stakes Claim in the North, Redefines Arctic Politics

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 - by Kieran Mulvaney

A new cold war is taking shape at the top of the world

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Month: May 2025

I’ve Visited Guantánamo 28 Times as a Reporter. It Still Defies Belief

How to Make a Living as a Writer

Crisis or Reform: The Choice Facing Canada’s New Parliament

The Ballad of Neko and Niko

Weekly Quiz: Polar Power Plays, Corporate Compensation, and Post-War Progress

China Stakes Claim in the North, Redefines Arctic Politics

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