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Justice / November 2021

The Dark Side of the RCMP

October 20, 2021October 27, 2021 - by Paul Kim

The mystique that has helped cement the RCMP as a national symbol is also what renders it particularly, stubbornly difficult to reform

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Politics

Can Governments Really Be Feminist?

November 30, 2020February 4, 2021 - by Paul Kim

Politicians like to claim the label, but they rarely turn it into meaningful policy

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Environment / November 2019 / The O'Hagan Essay on Public Affairs

We’re Doomed. Now What?

November 4, 2019March 29, 2021 - by Paul Kim

An optimist’s guide to the climate crisis

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Memoir / September 2019

The Truth about Wanting to Die

August 6, 2019September 10, 2021 - by Paul Kim

Suicide is scary and messy and exhausting, Anna Mehler Paperny writes in her new book. And we need to be far more honest about it

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December 2018 / Politics

Could the Russians Decide Canada’s Next Prime Minister?

November 21, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Paul Kim

Why the upcoming federal election isn’t safe from manipulation by Moscow

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Society

The Fine Art of Getting a Child into a Snowsuit

December 13, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Paul Kim

In Finland, they do it well

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Feature

The Pleasure Principle

July 12, 2016December 4, 2020 - by Paul Kim

The demand for porn has never been higher—and selling it has never been harder

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Society

No Service

June 10, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Paul Kim

In most of the North, dialing 911 in an emergency doesn’t work. Why building the infrastructure could save lives

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Justice

Rap on Trial

May 18, 2016April 13, 2021 - by Paul Kim

How courts are using song lyrics to convict young Black men

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Music

Drake: The Next Generation

April 28, 2016September 23, 2021 - by Paul Kim

Is the Toronto rapper the saviour of hip hop?

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