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We Are The Dead
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS

We Are The Dead

1 digg macleans.ca Crime Gender 1 day ago
A months’-long investigation into intimate-partner violence reveals how systems, politicians and people have failed women and girls in Canada.
Into The Dark
INTO THE DARK

Into The Dark

18 diggs macleans.ca Long Reads 7 months ago

The pool drill, the rock drill, the sedation drill. Everything is done. Everything but the thing that’s never been done.

Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?
YOUTUBE'S PHILOSOPHER KING

Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?

15 diggs macleans.ca Internet 1 year ago

Tabatha Southey delves into University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s work and finds his secret sauce — and what makes his work unnerving.

The invasion of the biting lady bug in Manitoba
NOT VERY LADYLIKE

The invasion of the biting lady bug in Manitoba

13 diggs macleans.ca Animals News 1 year ago

They smell, bite and were clustered on building walls — inside and out — this fall. “I could write a horror movie,” says one Manitoban.

A new study claims we can tell rich from poor in split seconds
EXPRE$$ YOUR$ELF

A new study claims we can tell rich from poor in split seconds

3 diggs macleans.ca Economics Human Nature 2 years ago

Do you have resting-poor-face?

Barack Obama pardons 78, shortens the sentence for 153
HE'S NOT DONE

Barack Obama pardons 78, shortens the sentence for 153

5 diggs macleans.ca Crime Law 2 years ago

More commutations and pardons are expected to come before the 44th president of the United States leaves office in January.

Where Montana’s death-row inmates go to die
THE END

Where Montana’s death-row inmates go to die

19 diggs macleans.ca Crime Law 2 years ago

Inside a rusted beige trailer with a broken outside window that serves as the execution chamber at Montana State Prison, the clock on the wall always reads 12:01.

Inside the wild Canadian past of the Trump family
HOOGE

Inside the wild Canadian past of the Trump family

12 diggs macleans.ca Histories 2 years ago

Before there was a Trump Tower, there was a gold-rush hotel in Bennett, British Columbia, where the Trump family dynasty began.

Earth smashes heat record for 16th month in a row
GLOBAL WARNING

Earth smashes heat record for 16th month in a row

16 diggs macleans.ca Nature Science 2 years ago

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday said August’s temperature of 61.74 degrees was .09 degrees warmer than the old August record set last year, and was the 16th consecutive month of record-breaking heat.

The North and the great Canadian lie
YUKON KEEP PRETENDING IT'S OKAY

The North and the great Canadian lie

47 diggs macleans.ca Economics Personal Essay 3 years ago

Canada is not a proud northern nation. Its Arctic is undefended, undeveloped and socially fraught.

‘How was your summer?’ Read this before you answer
SERIOUSLY. DON'T ASK IT. WE WARNED YOU.

‘How was your summer?’ Read this before you answer

21 diggs macleans.ca Human Nature 3 years ago

We all know what we did. We tried to make it out. We went somewhere different in the hopes we could be someone different. And yet, here we are, right back where we left. The same.

What motivates a Canadian jihadist?
THEY'RE... TRYING TO HELP?

What motivates a Canadian jihadist?

14 diggs macleans.ca Beliefs Studies 3 years ago

A new study stresses real religious zeal, not loners seeking a way out.

Humans need to swear. But are we wearing out obscenities?
WHAT THE SWIVE

Humans need to swear. But are we wearing out obscenities?

27 diggs macleans.ca Human Nature Language 3 years ago

Profanity sinks deep emotional roots in our brains. When words develop dueling meanings, the bad stuff almost always wins out. But what’s going to happen when we get bored of saying “fuck?”

How big is the Fort McMurray fire?
IT'S VERY BIG

How big is the Fort McMurray fire?

macleans.ca Data Viz News 3 years ago

What the Fort McMurray fire looks like when superimposed on maps of other Canadian and international cities.

At least half of Fort McMurray evacuated as fire rages
'IT'S CHAOS ON THE ROADS'

At least half of Fort McMurray evacuated as fire rages

macleans.ca News 3 years ago

At least half of the city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta was under an evacuation notice Tuesday as a wildfire whipped by winds engulfed homes and sent ash raining down on residents.

Should prison inmates be forced to wear jail uniforms?
NORMAL CLOTHES ARE THE NEW ORANGE

Should prison inmates be forced to wear jail uniforms?

macleans.ca Crime Law 3 years ago

A Canadian inmate raises the question about corrections-mandated clothing as many provinces are starting to crack down on prison dress codes.

William Shakespeare: A man out of time
BILL'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

William Shakespeare: A man out of time

2 diggs macleans.ca Books Culture 3 years ago

How Shakespeare’s plays — 400 years later — have remained the best explorations of our own political and cultural fights.

Hush, please . . . it’s a rock show
*SILENTLY HEADBANGS*

Hush, please . . . it’s a rock show

macleans.ca Music World 3 years ago

“The audience’s job is to be still and listen — sort of like bipedal cows.”

Longest game ever? Championship declared a tie after 7th OT period
EVERYONE'S A WINNER

Longest game ever? Championship declared a tie after 7th OT period

macleans.ca Cute Funny 3 years ago

“The game went on, and went on, and went on…”

Does it really take 11 producers to win a Grammy?
OVERPRODUCED

Does it really take 11 producers to win a Grammy?

macleans.ca Data Viz Music 3 years ago

Producer inflation may be a huge trend in music, but to win a Grammy, it seems you need to go the opposite way.

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