Society

DISASTER IN B MAJOR

The french-fry heiress, the culture czar, and the divorce that exposed scandal at the top of the Canadian arts world

By Anne Kingston24 min

This Week

LETTERS

Society

THE 'INDECENTLY CURIOUS’ CAROL SHIELDS

New reflections from the beloved author on men, women, and why she wrote

By DONNA BAILEY NURSE7 min

MACLEAN’S BACK PAGE

The artist we formerly knew as Prince

Innovative, prolific and dangerous, he truly changed the game

By MICHAEL BARCLAY7 min

MACLEAN’S BACK PAGE

Good, even great-but not perfect

The last prestige mass-market drama, The Good Wife leaves another kind of void

By JAIME J. WEINMAN7 min

This Week

THE INTERVIEW

Bob Rae on his long friendship with hostage John Ridsdel, his desperate effort to free him, and the terrible news at the end of it all

By SHANNON PROUDFOOT7 min

International

BEYOND A DOUDT

Baltimore’s Freddie Gray trials are set to begin, and on the streets everyone agrees on one outcome: there will be riots

By ALLEN ABEL7 min

National

WHAT ABDUL’S AXE DID

Trevor Greene on the near-fatal attack, and the good that came

National

‘OUR PEOPLE HAVE THEIR VOICE’

How a new wave of young Indigenous politicians is leading Manitoba’s NDP

By JASON MARKUSOFF7 min

MACLEAN’S BACK PAGE

‘I’m not black. I’m O.J.!’

ESPN’s 7.5'hour documentary uses O.J.’s story as a Trojan horse to plumb America’s central theme: race

By JOHN SEMLEY7 min