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Cover Story / September 2019

Céline Dion Is Everywhere

August 28, 2019June 10, 2021 - by Suzannah Showler

At fifty-one, Dion is wrapping up her Vegas residency with a world tour, an album, and two movies in the works. Why has it taken forty years for the world’s most talented singer to finally become cool?

The Rise of Junk Science

May 27, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Alex Gillis

Fake publications are corrupting the world of research—and influencing real news

Cover Story / March 2019

Is the World Getting Better or Worse?

February 6, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Bruce Mau

We are now faced with a choice: return to old patterns or take a leap into a radical and uncertain future

Cover Story / Environment / November 2018

People vs the Planet

October 15, 2018April 22, 2020 - by Edward Burtynsky

In the Anthropocene, the argument that deforestation’s economic benefits overrule its environmental impact no longer holds weight

student looking through lines in paper like they were blinds

Cover Story / Education / October 2018

Who Gets to Be Gifted?

September 19, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Katrina Onstad

Kids in the gifted program are disproportionately white and affluent. How streaming became another form of segregation

Illustration of a lightbulb against a black background. Instead of a filament, the bulb has a syringe inside.

Cover Story / Opioids: A Public Health Crisis / September 2018

My Life and Death on Opioids

August 23, 2018April 6, 2021 - by Chris Willie

In November 2017, The Walrus started working with Chris Willie on a memoir about his fentanyl addiction. While writing the article, Willie died from an overdose. This version of his story is published with his family’s approval