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Photograph of a red fox alone in a metal cage.
Society

Why We Need to See Images of Animal Cruelty

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020 - by Jason McBride

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Illustration by Lauren Crazybull
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

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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 Seila Rizvic

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

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Illustration of Lady Justice Using a Laptop
Justice / March 2018

How Technology Can Help Create a Better Justice System

February 13, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Paul Gallant

Canada’s out-of-date court system leads to costly delays that let criminals go free

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