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Environment / November 2019

We’re Doomed. Now What?

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019 - by Chris Turner

An optimist’s guide to the climate crisis

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Democracy / Politics

Why We Should Let a Lottery Decide Our Government

October 23, 2019October 25, 2019 - by Kate Yoon

Politicians are often older, wealthy, and white. Could randomly selecting average citizens lead to better representation?

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Why I Decided to Join a Class Action Against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

October 23, 2019October 25, 2019 - by Serena McCarroll

I have been speaking out about alleged misconduct and abuse of power for years. Now seventy other women have added their own voices

November 2019 / Sports

Raptors, Race, and Belonging

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

How the 2019 NBA championship helped create a vision for a new nation

Democracy / November 2019 / Politics

We Need Indigenous Wisdom to Survive the Apocalypse

October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 - by Julian Brave NoiseCat

The Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace offers a chance to avert ecological, cultural, and political crisis

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Democracy / October 2019 / Politics

Syria’s Democratic Project Is Under Threat

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Jean-François Lemire

In Rojava, the Kurdish community strives for stability in the midst of civil war

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Arts & Culture / Comics

The Secret Lives of Canadian Superheroes

October 11, 2019October 15, 2019 - by Corey Mintz

Marvel’s Alpha Flight made Canada cool in the 1980s. Following the Raptors’ championship win, the comic is back

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Democracy / Politics

What Jody Wilson-Raybould Really Thinks

October 8, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Brian J. Barth

The newly independent candidate on Indigenous governance, SNC-Lavalin, and whether she wants the prime minister’s job

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Language / October 2019

Why Language Is Cool

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 - by Yann Martel

Words are as close to immortality as you’ll ever get

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Democracy / Politics

The “Ethnic Vote” Is a Myth

October 1, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Supriya Dwivedi

There’s no data to suggest visible minorities and immigrants vote the same partisan way