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Is the age of reading over?
In her piece for the Atlantic, “The end of reading is here”, Rose Horowitch makes the case that across the board in the U.S. – people are reading les…
1 month, 1 week ago
Why Quebec’s election has been turned upside down
In just over a month, Quebecers will head to the ballot box. And, until recently, this election seemed like a foregone conclusion: the Parti Quebecoi…
1 month, 1 week ago
Is Germany's firewall against the far right crumbling?
After a vote this weekend, the far right could take power in a part of Germany for the first time since WWII. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is far…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Protein-maxxing and the age of self-optimization
Protein was once mostly associated with body builders and elite athletes, but today it's advertised everywhere from cereal boxes to fast food restaur…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Politics! Trade war fallout, byelections
This weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video of an army of geese with orange hair, holding machine guns, defending what he'…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The culture war comes for the WNBA
For most of its history, the WNBA existed on the margins of American professional sports. Its players were outspoken on race, gender and LGBTQ rights…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Big Tech wants out of the trade war
When trade talks between Canada and the U.S. broke down last week, one of the issues that reportedly came up was Canadian streaming rules that requir…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How the trade war is registering in America
On Tuesday, in the ongoing trade war with our southern neighbour, Canada released details on counter-tariffs that will be imposed on a wide range of …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How will the new tariffs hit Canada's economy?
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening yet more tariffs, saying he’ll increase levies on cars, trucks and steel to 50% on January 1. This latest …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
How the Canada-U.S. trade deal fell apart
On Friday, Canada's trade talks with the U.S. fell apart less than an hour before the deadline for new tariffs hit. While there had been positive sig…
1 month, 3 weeks ago