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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

Illustration of a man sitting on a doctor's exam table. Behind him is a network of interconnecting lines and red dots.

December 2021 / Health

Virtual Health: Pandemic Band-Aid or Opportunity for Better Care?

November 16, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Carine Abouseif

COVID-19 forced a massive shift to phone and online consultations. With new freedoms come new frustrations

A wax figure replica of Céline Dion at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas

Arts & Culture / September 2019

Céline Dion Is Everywhere

August 28, 2019January 13, 2023 - by Suzannah Showler

At fifty-one, Dion is wrapping up her Vegas residency with a world tour, an album, and two movies in the works. Why has it taken forty years for the world’s most talented singer to finally become cool?

June 2019 / Society

The Rise of Junk Science

May 27, 2019December 6, 2021 - by Alex Gillis

Fake publications are corrupting the world of research—and influencing real news

March 2019

Is the World Getting Better or Worse?

February 6, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Bruce Mau

We are now faced with a choice: return to old patterns or take a leap into a radical and uncertain future

Environment / November 2018

People vs the Planet

October 15, 2018April 22, 2020 - by Edward Burtynsky

In the Anthropocene, the argument that deforestation’s economic benefits overrule its environmental impact no longer holds weight

student looking through lines in paper like they were blinds

Education / October 2018

Who Gets to Be Gifted?

September 19, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Katrina Onstad

Kids in the gifted program are disproportionately white and affluent. How streaming became another form of segregation

Illustration of a lightbulb against a black background. Instead of a filament, the bulb has a syringe inside.

September 2018

My Life and Death on Opioids

August 23, 2018April 6, 2021 - by Chris Willie

In November 2017, The Walrus started working with Chris Willie on a memoir about his fentanyl addiction. While writing the article, Willie died from an overdose. This version of his story is published with his family’s approval

May 2018

How to Build a Life Without Kids

May 2, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Lauren McKeon

Canadians are increasingly living alone and without kids. For women, that means finding meaning outside the maternal script

Illustration of Man Running Towards a Large Technological Eye

April 2018 / Justice

Busted by Big Data

March 29, 2018March 9, 2021 - by John Lorinc

Algorithms could make cities safer—but they can’t protect us from policing’s worst instincts

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