Progressive Catholics see an opportunity to change the Catholic Church after Pope's visit; rising afrobeats star Tems and her very good week; how to contain monkeypox without stigmatizing the LGBTQ community; Check My Ads takes aim at disinformation on Fox News online; Chuck D's Songs That Shook the Planet; and more!

Hockey's enduring problem with sexism and misogyny; animal shelters are being overwhelmed with surrendered pandemic pets; an Indigenous scholar raised by generations of residential school survivors shares her hopes for the Pope's Canadian visit; the story behind American Pie, Don McLean's iconic 1970s rock anthem; an Oscar-winning film shines a light on the 'Queen of Basketball'; and more.

War crime allegations against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa; why the Dominion 2020 election lawsuit could become the civil trial of the century; celebrating Toni Stone, the first woman — and Black woman — to play pro baseball; how Disney fandom has grown into a form of worship; and more.

How Britain’s ‘Teflon PM’ Boris Johnson finally lost his lustre; a railway enthusiast’s pitch for taking the scenic route; how overturning Roe v. Wade added fuel to fake news around abortion; Meet the Canadian hoping to break a jigsaw puzzling world record; and more.

The sovereign citizen movement's connections to the Freedom Convoy; veteran couponers offer tips and tutorials on social media; the Growlers Choir rides a goth-metal vocal mashup to victory on America's Got Talent; how the war in Ukraine threatens global food systems; and more.

How the end of Roe v. Wade could affect access to birth control in the United States; LGBTQ pro wrestler Sonny Kiss on being out in the ring; Missing Matoaka offers an Indigenous-led audio companion to Disney's Pocahontas; Becky Toyne's recommendations for summer reading and more.

As grocery prices soar, food industry giants are posting record profits; Why the political comedy Dick is the most underrated Watergate movie; Global Witness says land defenders all over the world are coming under attack; On TikTok, Summer Clayton offers fatherly advice and inspiration as @YourProudDad; Dragonflies are 'canaries in the coal mine' for Canadian wetlands; If Roe v. Wade is struck down, the city of Austin, Texas, plans to tell police not to enforce a state ban and more.

An unfiltered TikTok star could be Colombia's next president; Jurassic Park movie scripts that never made it to the big screen; the environmental cost of mining nickel for EV batteries; Canadian Bruce Horak is the first blind actor in the Star Trek franchise; Parkland mass shooting survivor Victoria Gonzalez and more.

Bo Burnham is back with outtakes from his comedy special, Inside; 50 years of scandals tagged with 'gate', from Watergate to Swedengate; the Christian nationalists who turned the AR-15 assault-style rifle into a religious artifact; an empire of phony news stories and the company that funds it; the bright green 19th century books that may contain arsenic; Cree writer Kenneth T. Williams spins a tale of prophecy, purity and identity in his new play, The Herd; and more.

Why The Onion has published its 'no way to prevent this' satire for the 21st time after an elementary school shooting in Texas; with the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation case streamed — and mocked — on social media, the limits of #MeToo are revealed; Satanic panic in the world of Stranger Things; Uyghurs outside of China scan the leaked mugshots from Xingjiang detention centres for the faces of their family members; Grammy-winning musician J. Cole is playing professional basketball in Canada; The Sex Pistols have reissued God Save The Queen for the Platinum Jubilee and more.