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Drew Nelles

Drew Nelles is an MFA candidate in fiction at the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program and a former senior editor at The Walrus.
Empty strip club with a neon sign depicting the silhouette of a woman dancing
June 2021 / Society

Welcome to the Manor: Church by Day, Strip Club by Night

May 12, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Drew Nelles

Saturday nights are for dancing, but Sunday mornings are for Jesus

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A red silhouette of Donald Trump in profile against the text of the US Constitution. Within Trump's red silhouette is a smaller, blue silhouette of Joe Biden.
Politics

Three Truths and the Lie of American Democracy

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Joe Biden may have won the presidency, but the broken system that brought us Donald Trump is far from fixed

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Illustration by DonkeyHotey
Politics

We Need a Bernie Sanders of Our Own

February 26, 2016March 3, 2022 - by Drew Nelles

No Canadian candidate gives voice to the frustration and despair so many citizens feel

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Screenshot of Justin Trudeau on CBC News
Politics

No Victory for the Left

October 20, 2015April 29, 2021 - by Drew Nelles

It’s great that Stephen Harper’s gone. But no one should mistake Justin Trudeau for a true progressive

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Photograph of Thomas Mulcair courtesy of ndp.ca
Politics

Doubting Thomas

August 28, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Does Mulcair’s NDP stand for anything?

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Image courtesy of Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation
Politics

Mommy Dearest

July 23, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Mother Canada may be hideous and humiliating, but she’s who we are

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Coyotes walking around a city
Feature / July/August 2015

There Goes the Neighbourhood

July 14, 2015December 4, 2019 - by Drew Nelles

Why coyotes are taking over our cities

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A photograph of Tanya Tagaq in a red, plaid dress.
Feature / January/February 2015

The Rise of Tanya Tagaq

January 15, 2015December 17, 2019 - by Drew Nelles

Her music is like nothing else in the world

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A money bill zoomed in
Politics

Money for Nothing and Cheques for Free

August 13, 2014August 11, 2021 - by Drew Nelles

Do we deserve a guaranteed basic income?

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Hockey player in a locker room
Feature / March 2014

Sledgehammer

March 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Will the Sochi Paralympics propel disabled sport into the mainstream?

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