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When cruise ships dock, a town’s population can more than double. Who decides when the cost of tourism is too high?

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Current Affairs

Why Gun-Rights Advocates Partner With Islamophobic Groups

September 11, 2019September 19, 2019 - by A. J. Somerset

Canada’s most prominent gun lobby has made a new friend: the far-right

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Language

Don’t Blame the Internet for New Slang

September 10, 2019October 9, 2019 - by Gretchen McCulloch

Language is always changing. How has technology forced it to evolve?

Dirty Money

Dirty Money: Seven Cases of Global Corruption

September 4, 2019October 7, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

From kickback schemes to corporate funding of terror groups, this partnership between The Walrus and the Global Reporting Centre exposes those who’ve profited from others’ misery

Dirty Money

Did the Heir to the Red Bull Empire Get Away with Murder?

September 4, 2019September 11, 2019 - by Martha Mendoza

In 2012, a member of one of Asia’s richest families killed a Bangkok police officer in a hit and run. Seven years later, he’s still free

Dirty Money

Why Corruption Killed Dreams of a Better South Africa

September 4, 2019September 30, 2019 - by William Gumede

Twenty-five years ago, citizens hoped a postapartheid state would be a fresh start. Today, political and business leaders stand accused of money laundering and bribery

Dirty Money

The Corruption Scandal That Shook Latin America

September 4, 2019October 10, 2019 - by Stephanie Nolen

How police probe of a gas station in Brazil uncovered a global bribery machine

Cover Story / September 2019

Céline Dion is Everywhere

August 28, 2019September 16, 2019 - 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?