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'I Only Read It For The Interviews'

Playboy has always relied on a balance between the erotic and the literary, and its long interviews are the most consistent asset for the latter. But what's that identity worth in 2015?

The Scars To Prove It

In the mid 2000s, new programs made it seem like Canada might finally reckon with the toxic legacy of residential schools. Less than 10 years later, they're going broke and forgotten. Sounds familiar.

'One of the Most Ridiculous Things That Has Ever Occurred in the History of the United States'

In this excerpt from Red Heat, Alex von Tunzelmann looks at how the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion changed the balance of power during the Cold War.

'How Did This Happen, and How Did I Not See It Coming?'

Over 900 members of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple died on November 18, 1978. Here, in their own words, are some of the people who made it out alive.

For Kids, By Kids—But Not For Long

YouTube's (mostly) teenage vloggers created a monumental mainstream youth culture free of adult supervision. Now they're doing the unthinkable: growing up.

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True Dog Stories

No two dogs are alike, nor are their stories. An excerpt from Radio Benjamin, the collected radio broadcasts of Walter Benjamin.

Buying a Better World

Can charity make the world we want? If so, to whom should we sign the cheque?

The Real Lolita

The story of 11-year-old Sally Horner's abduction changed the course of 20th-century literature. She just never got to tell it herself.

What Good Can a Gehry Do?

"We are a very good A-minus city," David Mirvish, whose proposed Frank Gehry condo complex will be glitzier than any so far, told Toronto Life. But what good can starchitecture do for a city?

Three Guns

The ones that scare us, the ones that take things away from us, and the ones that make us feel in control.