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Workplace Surveillance Is Here, Counting Your Mouse Clicks and Bathroom Breaks

Workplace Surveillance Is Here, Counting Your Mouse Clicks and Bathroom Breaks

T essa knew she was being watched. After ten minutes of keyboard or mouse inactivity, a timer would appear on her transcription software, asking...

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Mihika Agarwal

I Was Warned There’s Little Money to Be Made in Publishing. I Built a Career in It Anyway

I Was Warned There’s Little Money to Be Made in Publishing. I Built a Career in It Anyway

W hile it could provide a decent living, there was never any serious money to be made in book publishing. The shadow of insufficient cash flow...

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Scott Mcintyre

My Mother Was Freed by US Forces. Now Soldiers Are Being Deployed to American Cities

My Mother Was Freed by US Forces. Now Soldiers Are Being Deployed to American Cities

O n a February morning, seventeen-year-old Maria Brik kissed her mother goodbye and set off for school. She never saw her home—or her homeland,...

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Halina St. James

My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump

My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump

O n May 4, 1783, my ancestor William Fraser landed in Shelburne after a nine-day sail from New York City, part of a fleet of thirty ships carrying...

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Stephen Maher

Canada’s New Submarines Will Be Lethal, Stealthy, and Very UnCanadian

Canada’s New Submarines Will Be Lethal, Stealthy, and Very UnCanadian

I n 2017, HMCS Chicoutimi undertook a dangerous and difficult assignment. For months, the Canadian submarine operated as part of an international...

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Peter Jones

Weekly Quiz: Trillionaires, Trade Wars, and the Cost of Living

Weekly Quiz: Trillionaires, Trade Wars, and the Cost of Living

How closely have you been reading our online stories this past week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released every Saturday The post...

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Ketsia Beboua

Why Squirrels Drive Us Absolutely Nuts

Why Squirrels Drive Us Absolutely Nuts

I t’s 5:30 a.m. My world is quiet. The only sounds I hear are the heat firing up and my dog eating his breakfast. I’m sitting on my couch when,...

08.11.2025 7

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Nancy F. Castaldo

Hell Is a Lot of Fun in Lorna Goodison’s Update of Dante’s Inferno

Hell Is a Lot of Fun in Lorna Goodison’s Update of Dante’s Inferno

“A ll hope abandon, ye who enter here,” read the gate to hell in Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. The line has been applied to everything from...

07.11.2025 2

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Amanda Perry

What’s Giving Me Joy Lately? The Mutual Friend Selfie

What’s Giving Me Joy Lately? The Mutual Friend Selfie

T his summer, I got a WhatsApp message with a photo of two professor friends smiling at the camera, sitting at what looked like a conference table:...

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Asmaa Malik