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The future is now: Online spying tracks us all
In the mid-20th century, George Orwell imagined a future where the government monitored everyone’s every move and every thought using what he called a telescreen. It was an omnipresent television-like device that not only monitored everyone at all times but also broadcast government propaganda. Telescreens, as Orwell imagined them, do not exist. At least, not…
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Yelling Tinder: Dating in the 21st century
Cassie Ferguson is new to the game. Her tightly-cropped hair is freshly dyed, the tip spikes upward — like the stud bracelets circling her wrists — into a faux-hawk and is tinged with a red streak. Everything about her points to a challenge, and her Tinder profile is no different. With one arm planted on…
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Labour movement asks youth for help
Santiago Escobar is driving back from St. Catharines to Toronto. Riding shotgun is his friend and union colleague, Pablo Godoy, the national representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). They’re returning home from Brock University, where they spent the last 10 hours talking with 300 students about the plight of migrant…
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Audio Slideshow Documentaries
We are audio journalists; we craft stories using voice and sounds. But this time we added photographs . The result? Audio slideshows, a creative,evocative means of enhancing oral stories with simple images. Health Battling breast cancer is not just a physical challenge, but a mental one. For women in London fighting the illness, there…