
What might Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ look like, and is it even a possibility?
Making Canada the EU’s first ‘associate member’ may be a solution in search of a problem.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

Making Canada the EU’s first ‘associate member’ may be a solution in search of a problem.

Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.

Keeping children home from school if they have COVID-19 protects family and school community members at high risk of serious illness.

Detroit had 20,370 eviction cases filed in 2025. But evictions that do not go through the formal court process are not included in the city’s official eviction data.

Half of the officers who have been fired or blocked from promotion are women or Black. A scholar who studies the US military explains why that’s dangerous.

A political philosopher explains the ethical arguments in favor of free movement.

A central theme of the High Holidays – and Judaism itself – is that to do right by God, people must first do right by each other.

Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.’

Flushing drugs or throwing them in the trash can have unintended consequences.

When environmental crises cross borders, government communication become crucial to managing their impacts and protecting Indonesia’s international reputation.

Adopting a Nordic diet could cut your risk of heart disease and diabetes.

From replicas to politicians’ ties, from satire to humour, the Bayeux tapestry inspires creative, artistic and political acts a thousand years later.