MoviesWhy ’Moonlight’ is fully deserving of its high-voltage buzzMoonlight is a meditative, colourful and entirely timely film
OttawaChris Alexander on diplomacy, Trump, and leadership hopesOur interview with the former MP and Conservative leadership hopeful who helped launch that doomed ’barbaric cultural practices’ tip line
SportsWhy the disappearance of NHL fighting is a good thingNow, if we could just get some more goals...
BooksThe Maclean’s Bestsellers List: week of Oct. 18Bruce Springsteen was born to run amok on our non-fiction bestsellers list, while Emma Donoghue rises to the top in fiction
WorldThe dangers in the fight for MosulTaking the Iraqi city from Islamic State will likely be easier than expected, but bringing peace to Mosul will prove elusive
PoliticsWhat Trump’s talk reminds us about electoral reformIn Canada, we’re tinkering with the heart of democracy—as Donald Trump stokes fears of the false majority
CanadaWho will pay for the RCMP’s epic failure?The careers and lives of women in the RCMP were ruined. Yet an apologetic RCMP refuses to truly be accountable.
CanadaWhy Lindell Smith’s election in Halifax was so remarkableIt’s not just that a young, black man got elected to Halifax city council for the first time in decades. It’s also how he did it.
WashingtonElection Daily: Melania Trump does damage controlMaclean’s Bulldog, Oct. 18: Donald Trump needs a ’miracle’, while Michael Moore teases his own ’October Surprise’
Economic analysisHow a revenue neutral carbon price can help SaskatchewanExperts make the case that Brad Wall’s claim that putting a price on carbon will hurt Saskatchewan is wrong