Society

Canadian author Esi Edugyan: ’We have to be on guard against darker things. To not discuss them is to open up the potential for a blind spot or forgetting.’

In his latest novel, the award-winning Hage revisits his birthplace in the midst of conflict

The Flat Earth International Conference traded theories and denounced ’fake news’ during a summertime confab at the West Edmonton Mall

Scott Gilmore: The truth is that Canadians live healthier, happier and longer lives in cities

Actually, it is a ’global warming thing.’ And that’s just for starters.

Toews’s fictional account of Mennonite women’s response to a four-year rampage of sexual assault in a remote colony in Bolivia may be her finest work yet

After an Arctic freshwater researcher sounded the alarm about Iqaluit’s near-future water crisis, the city took steps to save water. But is it enough?

Anne Kingston: Donald Trump is the obvious fearmeister, but fewer enterprises exploit fear more stealthily than the positive-vibe ’wellness industry’

Photojournalist John Moore captures the many facets of the U.S.-Mexico border—from violence to train-top rides to detention

Maclean’s Editorial: Canada is doing well on social-fluidity measures, like the ’Great Gatsby’ curve. But challenges remain—and so we beat on, boats against the current