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May 2024 / World

“I Can Do Good Work—If I Don’t Get Killed”

April 15, 2024April 17, 2024 - by Meghan Davidson Ladly

Dissidents come to Canada to escape harm. But even in exile, many still fear for their lives

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A black and white photo of Chuqiao Yang against a blue backdrop

May 2024 / Poetry

The View

April 12, 2024April 11, 2024 - by Chuqiao Yang

Someone shudders with news of their ruptured / heartbreak

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An aerial photo of the tall apartments towers of Rawabi, shrouded in clouds, in the West Bank

May 2024 / World

The Impossible Promise of Building a New Palestinian City

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 - by Sarah Treleaven

Rawabi is the first new planned community in Palestine since 1948. Designed for 40,000 people, it’s less than a quarter full

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A skull and crossbones against a green background with a boardroom table in the place of the mouth

May 2024 / Society

Are Workplaces Inherently Toxic?

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 - by Samia Madwar

Bullying. Harassment. Horrible bosses. How dream jobs turn into nightmares

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An illustration of blood dripping from the manicured fingernail of a hand with a diamond ring and pearl bracelet.

Arts & Culture / May 2024

My Guilty Pleasure: Dynasty Clawed Its Way into My Heart

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 - by Jana G. Pruden

Kidnapping, bigamy, financial ruin, babies falling from roofs—and really great clothes

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Illustrations of glasses, matches, a car, fountain pen, amulet, leaves, coins, flowers, fountains and a large house surround a black-and-white photo of a Sri Lankan family snipped by bird-shaped scissors.

Fiction / May 2024

Wo

March 29, 2024March 28, 2024 - by Randy Boyagoda

We ate and drank and drove on and I went off the road, and so we discussed the situation and decided it would be a good idea to pull off the road

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Brightly coloured squiggles and shapes cluster around a cell

Health / May 2024

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Doctors are looking to an experimental treatment for help

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An illustration of a charcuterie board and table loaded with cheeses, garlic, grapes and olives. Tiny goggle-wearing scientists take notes and inspect foods.

May 2024 / Science

Let’s Brie Real: Can Vegan Cheese Pass the Taste Test?

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 - by Nicole Schmidt

And is it actually even cheese?

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