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Painted portrait of Barbara Kentner. She is slightly smiling, her hair pulled back, with warm colours around her.

June 2021 / Justice

Looking for Justice, Finding Betrayal

June 1, 2021June 9, 2021 - by Eva Holland

When Brayden Bushby was charged with the death of Barbara Kentner, Indigenous communities’ faith in Canada’s legal system was put to the test

Photograph of a red fox alone in a metal cage.

Society

Why We Need to See Images of Animal Cruelty

November 23, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Jason McBride

New laws threaten to restrict access for animal rights activists, but witnessing is the first step to change

Illustration of a prison building, with several women on the roof walking into a light. In the prison windows, behind bars, a couple of people remain.

Justice / September/October 2020

Did Prisons Ever Work?

August 18, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Lauren McKeon

A growing movement believes it’s time to stop putting women in jail

A photograph of the writer, Desmond Cole, with his arms crossed and smiling at the camera. The background is purple with pink stripes.

Society

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 - by Téa Mutonji

The two writers on media representation, anti-Black violence, and true liberation

A man and a woman sit in two large open palms, facing one another.

Justice / March 2020

How One Woman Reimagined Justice for Her Rapist

February 19, 2020August 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Few survivors of sexual assault pursue justice in the legal system. Marlee Liss advocates for an alternative option

A crowd of protestors marches toward camera, carrying Black Lives Matter signs.

Society

What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting

February 3, 2020June 5, 2020 - by Janaya Khan

Freedom fighting doesn’t happen by some twist of fate. It’s a spark lit by daily indignities and humiliations

Feature

The Decade in Long Reads

January 1, 2020February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From a debonair grifter to Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, these are the conversations that helped define Canada

Three people asleep in public spaces: on a park bench, in a garden, and on a curved bench.

December 2019 / Society

Solving Homelessness Starts With Access to a Safe Bed

November 12, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Sarah Schulman

Lack of sleep compounds the challenges of precarious housing

April 2018 / Justice

Inside the Legal Battle to Preserve Land As Sacred Space

April 2, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

How one First Nation tried to use freedom of religion to stop a ski resort

Illustration of a Judge's Gavel Squishing a Miniature Woman

Year in Action

Why Many Women Can’t Get Justice From Sexual-Assault Trials

February 20, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Sejla Rizvic

A new book dismantles the myth of a fair legal system for sexual-assault complainants