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This is my semi-annual reminder that I'm always looking for pitches/story ideas for the @globeandmail's Saturday Opinion section. I encourage younger journalists, and writers who I haven't worked with, to send me a note. Here's a few pieces from the past 6 months that I loved:
Why the pandemic is like running a marathon with no finish line, by @sweatscience: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-covid-19-is-like-running-a-marathon-with-no-finish-line-what-does/
What's at the heart of the Indigenous prison crisis, by @ryan_beardy: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-family-matters-home-is-at-the-heart-of-the-indigenous-prison-crisis/
Margaret MacMillan on what the history of civil wars tells us about the present moment: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-civil-wars-have-left-a-deadly-trail-through-history-is-another-one/
On finding a community in Canada during the pandemic, by @NathanEnglander: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-i-moved-to-canada-right-before-the-pandemic-began-when-covid-struck/
Why we need a 'Covatical,' by @drvincentlam: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-to-help-combat-covid-19-we-need-a-preplanned-lockdown-im-calling/ (This one was especially prescient.)
On the possibility of being a Black mother in this world, by @hadiyaroderique: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-can-i-be-a-black-mother-in-a-world-so-dangerous-to-black-children/
The year America melted down, by @omarelakkad: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-year-america-melted-down/
The life you thought you were going to have is gone, by @Fox_E_Lori: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-life-you-thought-you-were-going-to-have-is-gone/ (This was one of our most-read essays of the year.)
Rawi Hage on the explosion in Beirut: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-in-beirut-a-nightmare-comes-to-life/
Kenneth Whyte on why we should throw the book at libraries: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-thanks-to-government-funding-libraries-are-poised-to-win-market-share/ (Yes, I know it was controversial.)
Why, one day, we'll be nostalgic for the pandemic, by @pleasuremotors: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-in-historys-rosy-rear-vision-well-eventually-see-the-covid-1/
There have always been two Canadas, by @TanyaTalaga: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-there-have-always-been-two-canadas-in-this-reckoning-on-racism-both/ (She has since joined the paper!)
And, finally, @debthompsonphd's brilliant essay on coming home to Canada: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-my-black-ancestors-fled-america-for-freedom-i-left-canada-to-find-a/
I know these are all longer pieces, but we publish everything from 700-word op-eds to 7,000-word essays. So pitch me: [email protected].
