Aretha Franklin
Book review: an unvarnished life of Aretha Franklin
Warts and all, a comprehensive and accurate account of a life
Whitney Houston, R.I.P.
Houston was, literally and metaphorically, the anthem performer to end all anthem performers
Aretha Franklin on Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and Halle Berry
From 2011, our conversation with the queen of soul before she put on a show at the Toronto Jazz Festival
The Commons: To believe
Aaron Wherry on Jack Layton’s final day on the campaign trail
The Commons: How it looked from here
Watching the Governor General (and 150 of her closest friends) watch Obama make history