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May 2021
Why children’s books need to grow up, revisiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses, and how we all became fact checkers. Plus, who gets to choose newcomers to Canada?
![An illustration where, in the background, a woman walks into a house, her head tilted up. In the foreground, at the bottom of the front steps, her daughter looks towards her mother. The house has stained glass windows and light pours out from them onto the steps.](https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Momin_FLW_1200-348x232.jpg)
The House That Mum Built
Touring the homes of Frank Lloyd Wright helped me see what my architect mother had always wanted in life
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The Rise and Fall of a Double Agent
Cameron Ortis was an RCMP officer privy to the inner workings of Canada’s national security—and in a prime position to exploit them
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Geese in Formation
You yourself are never an ending, / never collapse like the pinsetters’ set-up / or vanish like the smudged pencil
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How Immigration Really Works
Who will choose Canada’s next wave of newcomers? It could be someone in your town
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The Hidden Cost of Rechargeable Batteries
A burgeoning lithium-mining area in Quebec shows the complications of green tech
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How to Teach Kids about Impending Doom
Award-winning children’s book author Jon Klassen on trusting four-year-olds with difficult realities
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How Do We Exit the Post-Truth Era?
Why fact-checking alone won’t save us from fake news
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