How philosopher-therapists help people lead meaningful lives
Move over, Freud.
A photographer’s 15,000-kilometre trek across the country
Jonathon Reed biked 15,000 kilometres across Canada earlier this year and met some fascinating people on his journey.
Why this Alabama county voted almost unanimously for Donald Trump
One year after the election, we travel to Winston County to try to understand why.
A minister talks about growing up in Adolf Hitler’s Germany
Martin Rumscheidt on his father’s complicity in the Nazi extermination of Jewish people.
New Observer editor appointed
I’m pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved the selection of Jocelyn Bell as the new editor and publisher
5 celebrity-led movements changing activism
October 2017 may go down in history as the turning point for celebrity protest. Arguably for the first time, actors, singers, chefs,
A tale of two cancers
One year after the writer discovered she had breast cancer, her sister in California received the same diagnosis. They both recovered, but
Interview with Sister Teresa Forcades
The Benedictine nun, physician and feminist theologian from Catalonia, Spain talks about her social activism
Historical statues are a battleground for contemporary issues
If statues could talk, they might tell us a bit about context
What we really mean when we say “spiritual”
40% of Canadians consider themselves spiritual but not religious. Is the meaning of the word becoming distorted?
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