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Tiffany Wang tells her grandmother, who lives in China, that she visits every year to dance for her. "Having to smile knowing that you have forgotten me feels like my heart is being scratched with a knife."

Letters to the editor, Aug. 20, 2020: Readers weigh in on Canada’s troubled national police force, the pandemic’s productivity crisis and foxes under a Toronto boardwalk

Mark Kingwell: The U.S. seems to lack the will to beat COVID-19, indulging instead in a ’cult of selfishness’ that means the country fails the marshmallow test. But research states we’ll all fail the test sooner or later.

A collection of some of the late journalist’s sharpest insights from the pages of Maclean’s

Robert Lewis: From humble beginnings, Fotheringham’s satire and wit burst on the national scene like fireworks on Canada Day. He redefined political writing in Canada.

The Maclean’s icon who shook Canadian politics and media with a blast of post-’60s insouciance has died. He defined acerbic wit, but couldn’t hide how deeply he cared about his country.

Sahil Gupta: As a society, we need to move beyond the Band-Aid response of wellness checks. The first step is a humane approach with mental health teams.

Melanie Williams’s son was born with Down syndrome. Isolation and social distancing are experiences he faces in his everyday life.

The pandemic has exposed Chinese Canadians to new levels of hatred and abuse. Here are just a few of their stories. Words and pictures by Jessica Lee

Rav Arora: Attributing white privilege to an entire group of people is ethically wrong. It strips human beings of their individualism, in favour of viewing them based on the amount of melanin in their skin.