Falling in Love with Friendship
A personal reflection on the value of friendship
Commentary
Beyond the Bubble
There’s a Montreal past Roddick Gates
A Sinister Friendship Between Big Tech and Europe’s Far-Right
As the EU leads the way in tech regulation, Silicon Valley’s billionaire class has courted the ascending European far-right and its Eurosceptic rhetoric
Autocracy Now
America’s Democratic Decline
Carney’s WEF Speech and Canada’s Recalibration Toward the US
In the wake of Carney’s Davos address and Trump’s rebuttal, questions of dependency, leverage, and North American cooperation have moved to the foreground
Iran’s Unrest and the Blackout that Makes it Harder to Know What’s True
As protests spread, Iran has isolated the country digitally, leading to contested casualty counts
Is AI Killing Academic Integrity?
Amid the rise of AI usage among college students, professors reinstate
in-person assessments to restore confidence in academic learning
The Rise of Solo Travel Among Gen Z
Are post-pandemic social norms making us increasingly anti-social, or more independent?
Venezuela After Maduro: Celebration Meets Precedent
Relief is real. So are the legal precedents, the disinformation surge, and the oil incentives that shape what comes next
A Look into Women’s Independence in Media Discourse
Decentering men in women’s issues
The Death of the Two-State Illusion
A quarter century after the Oslo Accords: were they even feasible in the first place?
Solitude in the Crowd
Quiet crowd, close bonds
To Grad School or Not to Grad School?
Why the pressure to have a post-grad plan is peaking, and why students are pushing back
Is the Increasingly Earlier Start to the Christmas Season Really for Us?
Companies are taking advantage of seasonal depression
Language as a Double Edged Sword
How language can be used to build and break community