How Much Further Can Mining Go? Unless business as usual can change, companies will venture into ever deeper, darker, and riskier places—with potentially catastrophic consequences The Walrus · Nov 22, 2023
Why Sunrise Records Is Still Spinning It survived Napster, iTunes, and streaming. Now the chain is expanding its horizons overseas The Walrus · Nov 21, 2023
Homeowners Refuse to Accept the Awkward Truth: They’re Rich Owners of multi-million-dollar properties still see themselves as middle class, a warped self-image that has a big impact on renters The Walrus · Nov 20, 2023
The Rise and Fall of MuchMusic Former staffers reveal what made the channel so special—and why MuchMusic has failed to reclaim its former glory despite a relaunch The Walrus · Nov 17, 2023
What “Gender-Neutral” Fashion Gets Wrong Brands like H&M and Old Navy are rolling out ungendered clothing lines. Just because something isn’t explicitly for “men” or “women” doesn’t mean it has to be boring as sin The Walrus · Nov 16, 2023
How to Empower Indigenous Learners From humble beginnings in 1976, First Nations University of Canada is transforming higher learning for Indigenous students The Walrus · Nov 15, 2023
Why Do Cops Keep Lying? Widespread perjury among police is well documented. Obfuscating has become a routine part of policing The Walrus · Nov 15, 2023
Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden? The civil rights movement improved the lives of African Americans as well as African Canadians. Conditions in Africa, meanwhile, have become increasingly dire—and are increasingly ignored The Walrus · Nov 14, 2023
The End of Retirement Want to keep your house? Support your kids? Stay alive? Never stop working The Walrus · Nov 13, 2023
My Grandpa Never Spoke of the War. I Needed to See Where He Fought Looking around the Italian village, bullet holes still peppering the bricks, I can feel something in my bones, haunting me The Walrus · Nov 10, 2023
Was the Winnipeg Art Gallery Led by a Nazi? Research suggests trailblazing art gallery director Ferdinand Eckhardt may have been a supporter of the Third Reich The Walrus · Nov 9, 2023
What’s the Point of “Pretendian” Investigations? The latest revelation, about Buffy Sainte-Marie, is convincing, damning, and strikingly incomplete The Walrus · Nov 8, 2023
The Walrus Talks at Home: Media Right Now How youth are disrupting media right now The Walrus · Nov 7, 2023
Israel–Palestine: Canada Must Lead Where It Can Our government can operate on two levels: one globally and the other locally The Walrus · Nov 7, 2023
The Walrus · Nov 6, 2023 The Great Canadian Identity Crisis Zed or Zee? Our democracy could depend on the answer
The Walrus · Nov 3, 2023 The Walrus Talks at Home: The Health and Climate Crisis A global wake-up call for Canada
The Walrus · Nov 3, 2023 Indigo May Have Lost the Plot Did the bookstore chain sell its soul when it started selling vitamins, vibrators, and $800 patio umbrellas?
The Walrus · Nov 2, 2023 Climate Talks: Protecting Biodiversity from the Impacts of Climate Change Breaking Down Silos—The Role of Communication
The Walrus · Nov 2, 2023 Sonnet Things detached from names can be seen, witnessed, / but naming things sates the hunger God’s absence leaves
The Walrus · Nov 2, 2023 Second Genesis: When a Tribute Band Transcends the Original The Musical Box isn’t Genesis, but they’ve averaged about fifty shows annually and toured Europe. Is what they do art?
The Walrus · Nov 1, 2023 Do We Really Need a Taylor Swift Reporter? Outlets like USA Today are hiring beat reporters to write exclusively about Swift and Beyoncé. But investing in this kind of journalism distracts from stories people actually need
The Walrus · Oct 30, 2023 Point of No Return Young Canadians face too many barriers to entry into the job market—an issue that could reverberate through the economy for years to come.
The Walrus · Oct 30, 2023 The Future of Mining Might Be Smaller than You Think As the world’s demand for metals continues to rise, some are using microorganisms to mine and “clean” waste
The Walrus · Oct 30, 2023 The Darker Side of Leonard Cohen How the myth of the male genius shields our cultural heroes from scrutiny
The Walrus · Oct 27, 2023 Sarah Bernstein Breaks the Rules in Study for Obedience The unnerving novel that earned two major prize nominations rattles expectations of how stories are often told