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Arts & Culture

What’s Lost in the Quest for Black Authenticity

April 4, 2024April 5, 2024 - by Connor Garel

The media’s appetite for “gritty” Black stories turns misery into entertainment

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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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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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Environment

Seven Hard Truths about the Climate Crisis

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 - by Gwynne Dyer

The consensus is in: cooling the planet will be impossible without direct human intervention. How can we safely save the world?

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Fiction / May 2024

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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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Politics

Why Poilievre Will Win

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 - by David Moscrop

Voters are begging for something, anything, different

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Business

We’re More in Debt than Ever. What Now?

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 - by Jean Marc Ah-Sen

One paradoxical solution to the affordability crisis: let individuals take on even more debt

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World

Why the West Refused to Stop the Rwandan Genocide

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 - by Roméo Dallaire

And why it still matters

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Politics

The Money Pit That Is Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

March 25, 2024April 16, 2024 - by Toula Drimonis

The Big Owe’s new roof will cost taxpayers nearly a billion dollars. Is it time to let the concrete relic die?

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Society

What Does It Mean to Be a Hong Konger Now?

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 - by Yvonne Lau

Those who oppose China’s growing influence have few remaining avenues to protest safely—except in how they identify themselves

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