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Three siopao dumplings.

Siopao Is More than the Sum of Its Parts

October 21, 2022January 11, 2023 - by Christina Gonzales

Learning to make the ubiquitous Filipino dumpling taught me about my culture and my family

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A hand holds a hat out, as if asking for change. Inside the hat is a small scene of a boarded up house, with people entering on the left. A figure on the right is telling a person to leave, who exist the house and walks down to a tent.

September/October 2022 / Society

No Place to Live

September 21, 2022March 10, 2023 - by Julia-Simone Rutgers

One person’s search for a place to call home shows a public housing system stretched to its limits

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A hand putting out a cigarette on a stack of folders.

When Big Tobacco Was Forced to Pay

September 16, 2022September 28, 2022 - by Joshua Knelman

The cigarette industry had its Erin Brockovich moment in the nineties. How has it managed to survive?

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How a Century of Turmoil in Russia and Ukraine Shaped My Family

August 23, 2022February 24, 2023 - by Bogdan Pospielovsky

Since 1917, my kin have fled and returned, only to leave again. Will Putin’s war stop us from ever going back?

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Three different bowls of hummus, with pita, parsley and lemon wedges

September/October 2022 / Society

Much Ado about Hummus: The Fight for Bragging Rights over a Middle Eastern Dip

August 18, 2022May 1, 2023 - by Samia Madwar

From beet to butterscotch, how far can hummus travel from its origins and still be hummus?

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An AI-generated image of a face seen through an illustrated magnifying glass.

Fighting AI with AI: The Battle against Deepfakes

August 11, 2022August 18, 2022 - by John MacGillis

Realistic, computer-generated faces are more widespread than ever. How do we tell what’s true and what’s not?

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A man and woman walk down an empty street with houses on either side and the ocean behind them

Fiction / July/August 2022

The Click

August 5, 2022 - by Sarah Totton

Sometimes we look younger than we are, sometimes much older, depending on how we’ve chosen to live with what we’ve seen

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An illustration of Bill Hawkins.

Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

How Canada’s Bob Dylan Ended up a Taxi Driver

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 - by Marcello Di Cintio

Poet and songwriter Bill Hawkins rubbed elbows with Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and other stars. Why didn’t he become one himself?

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