Readings

Why Transit Won't Make Your City Affordable

A recent report on the surprising affordability of New York City gave urbanists something to cheer. But it also missed a big point.

Nato vs. Russia: Considering Failure as an Option

The coalition's current stand-off against Vladimir Putin goes to the heart of its raison d’etre.

White People's Obsession with Reverse Racism

Why do so many white Americans think they're the real victims?

Two Vessels

The rides of your life.

‘Let Us Be Gone Forever’

Surviving a brutal residential school should have been a victory for a young First Nations boy. But in this excerpt from Up Ghost River, it's a moment of relative calm in a lifetime of exploitation.

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Our Pet Queen

How royalty went from almighty overlords to household mongrels — a new perspective on the monarchy. An excerpt from the latest Hazlitt Original.

In the Company of the Dead—an Interview with Michael Crummey

The author of Sweetland on foolish courage in the face of death, and the dangers of romanticizing Newfoundland.

The Importance of Adult Classifieds

Sex workers contribute significantly to the economic health of print publications—and many other industries. How criminalization around sex work hurts everyone.

Keys Open Doors: The New Pornographers’ Brill Bruisers

The band's new album is sincerely synthetic, every other instrument kept on its toes by keyboards in pursuit. It’s also the liveliest they’ve sounded in a decade.

Such A Laugh As One Might Fancy Satan Uttered

Attending "lunatic balls"—public parties held at mental asylums—was once considered a kind of civic duty. What was learned?