WashingtonHow Ann Coulter inspired Donald Trump... and how Coulter has, in the Trump era, resurrected her fading career
CanadaJustin Trudeau’s ’Hands Across Canada Tour’ lands in AlbertaJustin Trudeau visited Calgary and Edmonton to try to mollify a vulnerable-feeling province. But the big question remains: Do Alberta’s pipeline dreams stand a chance?
CanadaWhy it’s time to end solitary confinementChild advocate Irwin Elman on the impact of ‘child protection’ on Indigenous youth, and why it’s time to end solitary confinement
CanadaTen years later, a disgraced refugee judge loses his law licenseA decade after Stevan Ellis tried to solicit sex in exchange for allowing a woman to stay in Canada, the former judge’s legal saga is finally over
CanadaWhy a struggling Parti Québécois is bad for Quebec’s democracyPierre-Karl Péladeau is, predictably, stumbling toward the exit, while Philippe Couillard fumbles his way to undeserved success
PhotoPhoto essay: Gerd Ludwig’s ’sleeping cars’The documentary photographer lives in Los Angeles, and at night he searches for ‘sleeping cars’
OttawaHow Ottawa got its groove on. No, seriously.Paul Wells on a stunning regeneration afoot in the nation’s capital
Education2016 teaching awards: These professors are at the head of the classGet out your catalogues and try to nab a course with one of the best university teachers in the country
MoneyNegative interest rates? That’s a negative.Interest rates in Japan and Europe are now less than zero. That’s not a disaster—but it could lead to one.
HealthZika: The new global health terrorMosquitoes carrying the Zika virus are expected to infect up to four million people across the Americas. And there’s no cure—nor an end in sight.