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A person looks out of a window as police respond to a shooting in the Côte-des-Neiges district of Montréal on June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

The Montréal shooting spotlights the growing public safety threat of online radicalization

Countering violent extremism requires substantial investment from all levels of government, dismantling the state’s racialized assumptions of criminality and recognizing that gendered violence is systemic.
Looksmaxxing encapsulates the efforts that young men undertake to self-optimize and improve their appearance, ranging from mundane practices like “mewing” to the far more dangerous exercise of “bone-smashing.” (Unsplash)

From gym to jawline: What looksmaxxing says about modern masculinity

Amid a masculinity crisis driven by status anxiety and socioeconomic shifts, young men and boys are turning to physical transformations to assert dominance and self-mastery.
Donald Trump has long been fodder for late-night TV hosts − but he got the last laugh during the 2024 election. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

How liberals lost comedy − and helped Trump win

Programs geared toward liberals like ‘The Daily Show’ once held a monopoly on political comedy. Not so anymore.
According to figures from the Virage survey (2015), in the course of their lives, 3.9% of the men surveyed had experienced sexual violence, compared with 14.5% of women. Pexels

#MeTooGarçons: ‘In France, 80% of violent acts against men affect those under 18’

As #Metoo continues to unfurl in France, men are now also speaking up against abuse they experienced. The Conversation sat down with the country’s first sociologist researching this phenomenon.
Fans celebrate at the William Hill Sports Book in Atlantic City, N.J. Lisa Lake/Getty Images for William Hill US

Data from New Jersey is a warning sign for young sports bettors

Researchers who analyzed every sports bet placed online since 2018 found that young adults are the fastest-growing group of bettors, with more than 70% of them placing in-game bets.
Since 2018, more than 30 states in the U.S. have legalized sports betting. Seth Love/iStock via Getty Images.

Access to sports betting in the US has exploded since 2018 – and we’re just starting to learn about the effects

Any increase in people seeking help for gambling disorders could overwhelm the nation’s treatment centers, which already find themselves overextended and underfunded.

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