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Current Affairs

The Philosopher Helping Countries Protect Minority Rights

December 20, 2023December 21, 2023 - by Andy Lamey

From Nepal to Bolivia, Will Kymlicka is reshaping global policy

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Podcasts

The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo: Episode 8 of The Deep Dive

March 10, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

This week Annie Hylton speaks about her longform feature for the March/April issue of The Walrus. She takes a look at the long, and complex case of Ayoob Mohammed

A man leaves a fortified prison for darkness and emptiness, a chain still encircling his ankle

Current Affairs / March/April 2022

Endless Exile: The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo

February 28, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Annie Hylton

Exonerated after four years in Guantánamo Bay, Ayoob Mohammed is still unable to join his family in Canada

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Society

Is It Time for Unions to Seize the Moment?

August 17, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Allison LaSorda

The last year has seen workers’ rights and safety continue to erode. Collective action may be the only answer

Politics

The Decade in Politics

December 15, 2019April 25, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

From predicting civil war in the US to evaluating the health of our own democracy, these are the politics conversations that helped define Canada

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October 2018 / Politics

Meet the Facebook Group Trying to Reshape Politics

October 5, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Jen Gerson

Ontario Proud has become enormously influential on social media. Critics say it’s partisan, even racist

Media

Does Canadian Media Have a Right-wing Bias?

July 14, 2017March 3, 2022 - by Nora Loreto

While the far right appears on daily news, the far left has yet to break through the mainstream

Politics

The Real Threat to Free Speech

April 24, 2017April 29, 2021 - by Lauren Heuser

Forget anti-Islamophobia legislation. The biggest challenge is coming from activists

November 2014 / Society

And When I Die

October 15, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Wayne Sumner

The pro-life case for assisted suicide

Photograph by Ruth Kaplan; collage by Balint Zsako

October 2006

Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons

October 12, 2006April 15, 2020 - by Marci McDonald

The rising clout of Canada’s religious right

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The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo: Episode 8 of The Deep Dive

Endless Exile: The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo

Is It Time for Unions to Seize the Moment?

The Decade in Politics

Does Canadian Media Have a Right-wing Bias?

The Real Threat to Free Speech

And When I Die

Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons

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