BY: M. TOMOSKI You never really know how big a state can be until you try to make your way from one corner of the map to the other, trapped in the midday traffic, to watch a dying presidential campaign.…
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Selling the Circus in Dixie: The South Carolina Primary promised a bloodbath and delivered lies
BY: M. TOMOSKI Jesus! The road weaved downhill for the last twelve miles, transport trucks threatened to flatten us against the sediment, and the sign at the end of the road read, “Jesus Saves!” as we left the Smokey Mountains…
Unethical Canadian mining practices shed a harsh light on Canada’s good-guy image
BY: AIDAN MACNAB Photo by Roger LeMoyne / Macleans Canada is back, or so we’re told. After a decade-long dark age of Harper lunacy we have allegedly re-established ourselves as the global nice guys. We love refugees. We’re sorry about…
Why the Indonesian military’s “two finger test” on women needs to stop immediately
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Human Rights Watch (HRW) has recently urged the Indonesian military to abolish what is known as the “two-finger test” or virginity test for its female recruits. The test involves a medical professional checking to see if the…
This is what the dark side of gentrification looks like (Photos)
By: Rob Hoffman Photos by: Fredrik Lerneryd Follow Fredrik on Instagram. The children watched from the second floor windows of the industrial building as the Red Ants unloaded from pickup trucks and cars with tinted windows. They wore red jumpsuits…
Proud mom posts India’s first gay marriage ad to prove a point about her son’s happiness
BY: LISA CUMMING Padma Iyer made history when she posted the first-ever gay marriage ad in a Mumbai newspaper’s matrimonial pages. The subject of the ad, her son Harrish Iyer, is a leading gay rights campaigner in India. What made…
Bernie Sanders’ latest campaign video will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck
BY: EDITORS They told us we were categorically confined to traits that we inherited, had us check off boxes in census surveys, as if what we were could be contained inside a pie graph. They told us we were separated…
John Baird promoted mining giant’s interests while in office, and now he’s working for them
BY: MITCHELL THOMPSON Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird accepting a job at Barrick Gold—the world’s largest gold mining company that lobbied him several times while he was in office—raises questions as to whether this is a part of…
This little green leaf is draining Yemen’s economy and its water
BY: M. TOMOSKI Every afternoon in Sana’a, nearly all of its 1.7 million inhabitants feel as though they are on top of the world. In the Middle East’s poorest country, where half of the population lives below the poverty line,…
China is building a Great Green Wall of trees to stop desertification
BY: DAVID LAO The Gobi Desert, a sparse, desolate and barren region inhabiting the middle-northern border between China and Mongolia. A vast canvas of cascading sand dunes and wide expanses of dry heat waves, shimmering through are works of natural…
Earth’s continents are turning into giant sponges to keep sea levels down
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA It seems every headline concerning climate change has something to do with the melting of polar ice caps. Images of receding glaciers, emaciated polar bears, and sinking cities are the ones we find shown over and over.…
Freedom or Death in the Granite State: Clinton is trying to guilt feminists into voting for her
M. TOMOSKI On the morning of the New Hampshire primary, rumours were circulating that Bill Clinton had been angry about the way the campaign was being run. That poorly timed leak led everyone in the media to believe that someone…
This service is saving ‘ugly’ produce by delivering it to your door for a fraction of the price
BY: CAROLINE ROLF The base of the squash is a little too round and the sweet potato has a root twice its length – these veggies don’t even come close to matching our standards of beauty. Despite the fact that…
Millennials are using their spending power to force Wall Street to become sustainable or die
BY: TYLER FYFE This generation is twice as likely to buy from companies who choose to positively impact society than from companies whose spines develop scoliosis as they bow to The Dollar. According to two separate studies, Millennials are more…
Reddit has raised over $1.25 million for Bernie Sanders
BY: TREVOR HEWITT If Ron Paul popularized the online moneybomb, Bernie Sanders revolutionized it. Reddit has raised just over $1.25 million US for Sanders since he announced his presidential bid last April. That brings his campaign’s total donation amount to…
Freedom or Death in The Granite State: Youth voters are tattooing themselves with Bernie’s face
BY: M. TOMOSKI The alarm began to chime and rattle against the end table on the morning after Super Bowl 50 with the thin light of dawn peeking through my hotel room window. “Where the hell am I?” I thought.…
Strange Days in Corn Country: The Clinton Coin-toss shows the immaturity of the political race
BY: M. TOMOSKI It was four in the morning, and I was somewhere in Illinois by the time the Democratic caucus results finally came in from Iowa. The entire night seemed to be a symptom of the chaotic enthusiasm each…
The world’s most isolated island paradise wants to pay you to live there
BY: JESSICA BEUKER For some, working and interacting with others in a social hub of activity and ideas is the greatest part of any job. But for others, even the thought of interacting with anyone other than their cat is…
Strange Days in Corn Country: Sunday Service with the Cult of Cruz
M. TOMOSKI A campaign organizer took the altar on Sunday afternoon to announce that anyone who parked at the shops across the street would have their vehicle towed. “Someone’s not a fan of Ted,” a member of the congregation said.…
Strange Days in Corn Country: Why Trump supporters are torn between shame and obssession
M. TOMOSKI The Trump Show After seven hours on the road, I crossed the Mississippi into Davenport tired, thirsty and with no notion of what to expect ahead of the official start of the 2016 Presidential Election. It all came…