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Our latest stories on the intricacies of daily life, the lessons of first-person experience, how we relate to one another, and how to make our social world a better place
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Society

This Pandemic Isn’t Over until Everybody Sings

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 - by Mel Woods

When the world reopens, karaoke may be the saviour that unites us all

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Environment

What Will Be the Tipping Point of the Climate Crisis?

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 - by Andri Snær Magnason

Glaciers are melting. Coral reefs are dying. Eventually, the devastation will be impossible to reverse

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Health

Should the Right to Die Extend to People with Mental Illness?

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 - by Katie Engelhart

Adam Maier-Clayton wanted to change Canada’s euthanasia laws, then die under them. Instead, he was left behind

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Society

Housebound and Bored? Turn Yourself into a Human Guinea Pig

March 22, 2021March 26, 2021 - by Bruce Grierson

During a time of endless lockdowns, self-discovery sometimes means self-experimentation

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Environment

How Do You Kill an Invasive Species? Bring in a Bigger, Meaner Species to Eat It

March 16, 2021March 17, 2021 - by Moira Donovan

Before pesticides, biocontrol was all scientists had to combat introduced insects. Now, the controversial tactic is coming back

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Society

Will Beauty Change When the World Comes Back?

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 - by Amanda Scriver

Prepandemic, there was always pressure to dress a certain way. But, after months of isolation, looking good may have new meanings

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First Person

OCD Is Not a Joke

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 - by Lisa Whittington-Hill

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse

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Justice

Modern Policing Is an Invention of Slavery

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 - by Rinaldo Walcott

As calls to defund the police grow, a look back at the origins of contemporary law enforcement

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Justice / March/April 2021

Standoff at 1492 Land Back Lane

February 8, 2021February 11, 2021 - by Luke Ottenhof

How twenty-five acres of Ontario farmland have become a new front in the battle for Indigenous self-governance

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Environment / March/April 2021

Therapy for the End of the World

February 3, 2021February 10, 2021 - by Britt Wray

Anxiety over the climate crisis is spreading like wildfire. Psychologists are just starting to figure out how to help

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