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POLITICS


Searching for a Voice in Politics: Youth are Citizens Now, Not in the Future
Young people are constantly criticized for being “too disconnected” from politics. Headlines often describe Generation Z as apathetic, distracted, or uninterested in civic engagement. Older generations frequently argue that young people spend more time scrolling through social media than paying attention to elections, policy, or democratic participation. Yet, this narrative ignores a much more important question: Why do so many young people feel disconnected from politics in

Lillian Currie
4 days ago


Police Presence Has Increased on the TTC. But How Can We Truly Measure the Feeling of Safety?
Half of Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) riders don’t feel safe using the system. At least, that’s the impression you might get scrolling through Councillor Brad Bradford’s (Beaches—East York) social media. He has made transit safety a major pillar of his mayoral campaign, arguing for increased regulation. His latest motion to place police officers at every station on Line 1 was approved in March.

Wardah Malik
May 28


“The Banality of Evil” and Canada's Clandestine Military Industrial Complex
Ahead of the FIFA world cup, Toronto officials have unveiled a new $12.5-million police command centre—the ‘centrepiece’ of the city’s security plans for the FIFA World Cup (CBC). Other ornamentations of this new city arrangement ahead of the World Cup include a counter-terrorism unit, stationed with semi-automatic rifles at ‘key locations,’ though they don’t point to any specific ‘threat’ spurring this new wave of enforcement.

Sylphia Basak
May 27


What We Gained from Artemis II
Real money and time went into launching this space mission, both of which will continue to be spent as NASA progresses toward reaching its ultimate goal: Returning to the moon. The natural question is: Is it worth it? What is the actual point of an extravagant mission of this kind?

Emerson Prentice
Apr 28


The Gift Writers Give: What AI Can’t Do
When I was ten years old, I gathered sheets of printing paper to write stories whenever I found myself daydreaming. I remember the first time I wanted to write. Maybe I was bored, and writing kept me busy. Or rather, I was moved by novels, magic, and life in such a way that only writing could help me respond; help me wake up without leaving a dream.

Catherine Mwitta
Apr 21


Growing Divide Over Iran’s Future Puts U.S. Policy Under the Spotlight
Two days after the United States announced the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump was photographed on board Air Force One with a hat that said “Make Iran Great Again,” foreshadowing the war that now involves nearly 10 countries across the Middle East.

Wardah Malik
Apr 9


Reckoning with Violence from Safety
News has seeped into frequented apps like TikTok and Instagram. The war has become inescapable while remaining unreachable. And, like all global citizens, we’re asked to take a stance. Gen Z is dealing with a strange alternate reality of wartime—we’re deeply aware of what is happening because of its prevalence on our devices, but we’re also unbelievably removed from it.

Emerson Prentice
Apr 8


Security Theater: How Governments & Corporations Weaponize Surveillance
For many people, privacy in this modern age is unfeasible, forcing you to give over every aspect of your life to the tech conglomerates we use every day, leaving nothing we hold sacred safe.

Cleo Collins
Apr 7


Who’s Afraid of AI? Most People, It Turns Out.
If Canada is all-in on AI, why haven’t law and policymakers been more on top of protecting Canadians from AI-related harms?

Cole Martin
Mar 31


The Strait of Hormuz is a key player in the US-Israel war against Iran. Here’s why.
It’s no secret that America and much of the world’s energy relies on the oil reserves of West Asia (the “Middle East”), and this war seems to increasingly reveal itself as being principally about controlling those assets. This, combined with increasing colonial violence both in and outside of Western countries, indicates an empire aware of its decline and determined to hold onto its power for as long as it can. Iran is using this knowledge to reshape the global power structur

Sylphia Basak
Mar 26


Watching Minneapolis from Canada: When Power Stops Explaining Itself
Young Canadians, in particular, are acutely aware of this permeability. Many consume U.S. news in real time, encounter the same viral footage, and experience the same unease when democratic norms appear fragile. The fear is not that Canada is identical to the United States, but that no democracy is immune to erosion — especially when power begins to justify itself rather than explain itself.

Gillian Smith-Clark
Feb 9


Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: Who is Seen, Who is Heard, and What Happens When the Truth is Obscured
Across these pages, you’ll find work that grapples with Black history and resistance, the freedom to read, women’s and girls’ safety, sexual and reproductive health, homelessness, and the quiet, daily ways communities hold one another together when institutions fail them. These themes may appear distinct, but they are bound by a single throughline: access. Access to knowledge, to care, to dignity, and to platforms that refuse to look away.

Gillian Smith-Clark
Feb 9
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