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Back to SearchFront Burner Introduces: The Outlaw Ocean: From the Sea, Freedom
The high seas are beyond the reach of international law – and beyond the beat of most reporters. But Pulitzer-Prize-winner and former New York Times journalist, Ian Urbina, has sailed into uncharted …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Front Burner Introduces: Run, Hide, Repeat
Pauline Dakin’s childhood was marked by unexplained events, a sense of unseen menace, and secretive moves to new cities with no warning. When Pauline was a young adult, her mother finally told her wh…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
ENCORE: Chelsea Manning, in her own words
In 2010, during the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic records were released, revealing civilian death and disaster on the ground for bo…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
ENCORE: A conversation with Toronto Raptor Fred VanVleet
NBA superstar Fred VanVleet had a long road to becoming a beloved Toronto Raptor. He suffered a terrible loss growing up in Rockford, Ill., when his father was shot and killed when he was just five y…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Hope for democracy in 2022
Just over a month into 2022, Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine, and set the tone for what looked like an ominous year for global democracy. High-stakes elections in H…
Published on 3 years ago
Donald Trump’s very bad week
It’s been a historic week in Washington, D.C., for Donald Trump. On Monday, the January 6 House Committee wrapped up its investigation into the capitol insurrection and after months of speculation ov…
Published on 3 years ago
The good, bad and ugly of pop culture 2022
Pop culture in 2022 started with a bang (or slap) when Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the Oscars, and things only got weirder from there. From Brendan Fraser's comeback to Harry Styles possibly spittin…
Published on 3 years ago
A backlash to B.C.’s drug policies?
B.C. is on track to have another record-breaking year for toxic drug deaths. But as people continue to die, a backlash appears to be growing to the province’s current strategies for tackling the cris…
Published on 3 years ago
A nuclear fusion energy revolution?
After decades of research, in early December scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California made a historic breakthrough in nuclear fusion by generating more energy than it to…
Published on 3 years ago
Avatar: The forgotten blockbuster
James Cameron has directed Titanic, Terminator, and Aliens. But he says the project that kept him from giving up on filmmaking entirely was Avatar. But for all of the film’s initial success Avatar’s…
Published on 3 years ago