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November 2019

The male poet looks to the right side of the frame and smiles widely.
November 2019 / Poetry

Blessing for Twitter

January 31, 2020February 4, 2020 - by Adam Sol

The icon’s head / is too thick for its hopeful wings / but responds to my thumb

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A photo of a deserted street in Madoi County against a grey sky.
November 2019 / Photography

China’s New Deserts

December 3, 2019December 4, 2019 - by Ian Teh

The lands around the Yellow River are turning to sand

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A man posing seated in front of a painting, which depicts a scene of various people on a beachfront
November 2019 / Photography

One Photographer’s Artistic Encounters with the Selfie Generation

November 14, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Aaron Peck

Four decades into Jeff Wall’s career, the artist is still pushing the limits of what a photograph can be

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A series of construction workers building a high-rise as the building and a nearby car emit large clouds of black smoke
Environment / November 2019

The False Promise of Green Housing

November 6, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

One designer is challenging the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction

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Three women stare across a sea at a group of businesspeople in front of a cityscape on the opposite shoreline
November 2019 / Society

When Canada’s Immigration Policies Pull Families Apart

November 5, 2019June 12, 2020 - by Kate Yoon

After years of training in Canada, my dad still had to go back to South Korea to get the job he deserved

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A globe sitting in a white puddle.
Environment / November 2019 / The O'Hagan Essay on Public Affairs

We’re Doomed. Now What?

November 4, 2019March 29, 2021 - by Chris Turner

An optimist’s guide to the climate crisis

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A woman's hands holding a picture of a saint.
Arts & Culture / November 2019

How a Seventh-Century Irish Princess Got Me Back On a Plane

November 1, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Anne Thériault

To overcome my fear of air travel, I turned to Saint Dymphna

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November 2019 / Sports

Raptors, Race, and Belonging

October 22, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

How the 2019 NBA championship helped create a vision for a new nation

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Democracy / November 2019 / Politics

We Need Indigenous Wisdom to Survive the Apocalypse

October 17, 2019July 15, 2021 - by Julian Brave NoiseCat

The Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace offers a chance to avert ecological, cultural, and political crisis

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