It’s Time to Take Phones Away from Students

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Society

It’s Time to Take Phones Away from Students

May 30, 2024October 28, 2024 - by Ira Wells

The spike in teen mental distress and disruptive behaviour will require extreme steps

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July/August 2024 / Technology

AI Is a False God

May 29, 2024October 25, 2024 - by Navneet Alang

The real threat with super intelligence is falling prey to the hype

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World

South Africa Doesn’t Need More Heroes

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 - by Zanele Mji

This election year marks three decades since the country defeated apartheid. But we still haven’t fully healed

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Current Affairs

“It’s Like a Cult”: Breaking Free from the Far Right

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 - by Timothy Cooke

A Toronto man’s journey from hate group “rally boy” to anti-fascism

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Politics

Prepare for the Meanest Election in Canadian History

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 - by Stephen Maher

Poilievre and Trudeau agree on very little. But they are united in one way: their mutual hostility

June 2024 / Letters

Letters to the Editor: June 2024

May 24, 2024June 20, 2024 - by Readers

On cheap labour, doctor burnout, and walking the walk

June 2024

Made You Look: The Power of Great Magazine Covers

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 - by Carmine Starnino

Provocative design is still one of the best ways to slice through the digital noise

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World

How States Sanction Violence against Minorities

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 - by Anam Zakaria

Pakistan offers a chilling window into the use of morality laws to legitimize mob assaults

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A Strong Narrative

May 22, 2024July 3, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

How stories—even the tiniest ones—allow the nominees for this year’s Amazon Canada Youth Short Story Award to brave all of life’s plot twists

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The Return Home

May 22, 2024July 5, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

This year’s nominees for Amazon Canada’s First Novel Award explore what it means to lose one’s home and find it again

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