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Reflections on being a journalist who didn’t grow up Canadian.

Reflections on the power of personal style.

Reflections on the politics of capitalization.

Reflections on being a teacher-turned journalist.

Leigh Stein’s boyfriend Jason threw her against the refrigerator and didn’t believe…

The RRJ recommends you read Chuck Klosterman’s meditation on “Mad Men” protagonist Don Draper, “A New Don,” written for the now... Read more →

The RRJ recommends that you watch Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr released in 2015, and directed by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard.... Read more →

The RRJ recommends you read “A Death In Emergency Room One” and “A Part of Cop’s Past Lies Dead” by the... Read more →

The RRJ recommends you read “When Things Go Missing” by Kathryn Schulz, from the Feb. 13, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.... Read more →

The best health stories are about empathy, about seeing clearly that all that separates you, the reader, from the story’s... Read more →