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Society

Why We Need to See Images of Animal Cruelty

November 23, 2020January 8, 2022 - 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

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Justice

Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons. Why Are They Still Full?

April 27, 2020May 12, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

Bail courts have gone virtual and trials are suspended. But prisons, which pose a severe public health risk, are still open

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, 2020January 30, 2022 - 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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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, 2019June 5, 2022 - 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

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Justice

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

February 20, 2018December 11, 2024 - by Sejla Rizvic

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

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Why We Need to See Images of Animal Cruelty

Did Prisons Ever Work?

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons. Why Are They Still Full?

How One Woman Reimagined Justice for Her Rapist

What Black Lives Matter Taught Me about Protesting

The Decade in Long Reads

Solving Homelessness Starts With Access to a Safe Bed

Inside the Legal Battle to Preserve Land As Sacred Space

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

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