Why social media has taken over your life—and you need to sign off now
Jaron Lanier says social media is turning us into highly manipulable addicts. The only solution is for users to pay—and own their own data.
Books
Michiko Kakutani blames yesterday’s progressive Left for today’s populist Right
The former New York Times writer, reviled by Jonathan Franzen and referenced by J.K. Rowling and Sex and the City, says postmodernism gave birth to Trump
Why robber barons and the working poor are back with a vengeance
The Booker-nominated Tim Winton also explains the ’cousinly warmth’ he feels toward Canadians
The 15 books you should read this summer
From new Michael Ondaatje fiction to Michael Pollan’s psychedelic adventures, the summer offers a bibliophile’s feast
How to eat every day without consuming harmful chemicals
Kristin Lawless argues that ’Big Food’ has obscured the fundamentals of healthy eating—and that some additives actually help cause obesity
How the growing gig economy is making life harder for North American workers
A journalist argues the new climate has led to people without things like unemployment insurance, retirement savings and a feeling of security
The Christian music star who came out and lost her career: ’It was immensely painful’
Q&A: Vicky Beeching was a beloved star in Christian music—that is, until she came out as gay. She speaks to Michael Coren about the fallout and her hopes for the Church
Naomi Klein on ’disaster capitalism’ in Puerto Rico
By pushing Trans Mountain, Notley and Trudeau are ’still doubling down on the old economy, and that means they have failed,’ she argues
David Chariandy writes to his daughter, in wary hope
The award-winning Chariandy has written a book about racism, struggle and love to mark his child’s coming of age
Irvine Welsh on his new ’Trainspotting’ sequel and mass shootings in America
He argues U.S. leaders do nothing about mass shootings —the subject of his next novel— to keep citizens ’in fear’