The maquila industry is one of the main economic activities in the northern regions of Honduras. There, hundreds of women work endless days, and are often made the victims of abuse. Benjamin Serra Municipalities to the north of the country such as San Pedro Sula, Villanueva and Choloma […]
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Walking through the heart of New York
When we think of New York, we are immediately enveloped in a discourse of skyscrapers, bright lights and cosmopolitans. It’s the city that never sleeps, electricity pumping through its veins. But is there something that lies beneath all the expense, gluttony, and excess? Georgina Campbell When most people […]
The wasp in the fig
The fig is an inverted flower and needs to be pollinated to make the fruit. A certain kind of female fig wasp burrows into a male fig to lay eggs from which the hatchlings have incestuous sex. Sean Sheehan A resulting impregnated female wasp breaks out of the […]
The cohabitation myth: “You just move on”?
One of the biggest myths in Western culture, and absolute example of sociologist Peter Berger’s ‘plausibility’ thesis, is that cohabition is absolutely necessary and ideal as a first step towards a marriage will be stable and long-lasting, because it is only in this way that compatibility can be established. […]
A reflection from the Canary team on its international coverage
Our team has noticed over the past year or so that when we cover global politics, particularly in relation to Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia, our coverage often elicits comments from self-proclaimed anti-imperialists. The Canary* Recently, some of this criticism has intensified in relation to articles we’ve put out […]
















