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Society

Down Under Ferguson

November 27, 2014May 15, 2022 - by Desmond Cole

Thirty kilometres south of the scene of Michael Brown’s shooting, divided opinions about guns, policing, and racism

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Society

Standoff on South Florissant

November 26, 2014May 8, 2022 - by Desmond Cole

A report from the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, where residents remain outraged over the police shooting of Michael Brown

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Arts & Culture / June 2012

Editor’s Note

June 1, 2012April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

However much we may admire the United States, there are American practices Canadians choose not to emulate. No recent event illustrates the point more clearly than the shooting of a …

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May 2012

On Growing Up White Trash

May 12, 2012June 15, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

A writer comes to terms with the culture of her birth

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June 2011

How Immigration Helps to Lower Crime Rates

June 12, 2011April 15, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Canada’s crime rate is dropping as immigration increases. Is there a connection?

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July/August 2010

Meditation at 7,500 RPM

July 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Timothy Taylor

The peculiar Zen of race car driving

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March 2008 / Sports

Facemasking

March 31, 2008December 17, 2019 - by David N. Meyer

How the National Football League hides the violence and racial conflict of the game

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February 2006 / Society

Two More Solitudes

February 12, 2006May 21, 2020 - by Ken Alexander

No man is an island, but a community can become marooned on one. Following a spate of blackon- black murders, culminating in a teenager being gunned down on the steps …

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February 2005

Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?

February 12, 2005April 14, 2020 - by Lawrence Hill

An essay

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