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John Lorinc

John Lorinc is the author of Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias, which won the 2022 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. His latest book is No Jews Live Here: A Memoir.
Photograph by Joshua Scott
December 2014

Armed and Dangerous

December 20, 2014June 6, 2020 - by John Lorinc

How mission creep is turning our cops into warriors

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Justice

Caught on Camera?

November 26, 2014August 18, 2020 - by John Lorinc

Body-worn cameras for law enforcement may become Ferguson’s unintended technological legacy

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A Toronto Police car in the middle of the road
Justice

The Way Forward

July 28, 2014August 2, 2020 - by John Lorinc

Will cultural changes come to Canada’s largest police service?

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Three policemen holding pointed guns toward someone wearing a hospital gown
July/August 2014

Stand Down

July 16, 2014May 8, 2021 - by John Lorinc

All too often, the victims of police shootings are people with mental illness. One American city has found a solution

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A toolbox
Justice

Shoot to Comply

June 25, 2014June 9, 2020 - by John Lorinc

More intelligent policing from Memphis, Tennessee

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Society

HERE, Here

January 14, 2014April 14, 2020 - by John Lorinc

What does a labour victory look like in 2014?

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Illustration by Kelsey Heinrichs
December 2013

State of the Unions

December 19, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Lorinc

Organized labour no longer protects Canada’s most vulnerable workers

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Photograph by AshtonPal
Politics

Rob Ford’s Second Act

December 2, 2013June 19, 2020 - by John Lorinc

“I was mad, and now I am sane.” The quixotic reign of Rob Ford

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Illustration by Kyle Metcalf
September 2013

What We Can Learn from Ontario Teachers about Building Better Pensions

September 26, 2013April 13, 2020 - by John Lorinc

They have the world’s best-performing retirement fund. Is it a model for the rest of us?

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Photograph by Jody Rogac
Business / December 2012

Embedded with the .01 Percent

November 26, 2012July 1, 2020 - by John Lorinc

In her new book, Plutocrats, journalist Chrystia Freeland reveals the troubling hegemony of the world’s most exclusive club: billionaires

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