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Alireza Naraghi

Alireza Naraghi

Five years after the water crisis, Flint residents are being ignored

Photographer Bria Ferguson has an activist spirit about her. When she talks, her words demand attention. Five years ago, when lead-laden…

5 min readApr 11, 2019

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Five years after the water crisis, Flint residents are being ignored

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Vulnerable and Homeless Young People Need Help Before It’s Too Late.

A young man clambers out of a concrete crevasse, wrapped up in a worn-out tarp on the busy Yonge Street two blocks north of the Eaton…

4 min readFeb 28, 2019

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Vulnerable and Homeless Young People Need Help Before It’s Too Late.

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Bernie Sanders’ ‘Radicalism’ is Tomorrow’s Common Sense

When Bernie Sanders announced that he was going to run for president the last election, his candidacy was viewed by most as a relic of the…

4 min readFeb 19, 2019

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Bernie Sanders’ ‘Radicalism’ is Tomorrow’s Common Sense

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Mental Illness, the Silent Epidemic on University Campuses

Sarah Edwards, 20, who’s in her second year at the University of Toronto, says her struggle with anxiety was triggered three months into…

4 min readFeb 1, 2019

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Mental Illness, the Silent Epidemic on University Campuses

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‘Government Silence Is Deafening’: Distraught and Angry Workers Send a Message to GM at the Rally…

Strong, squalling winds buffeted the border city of Windsor, as hundreds of workers gathered for a General Motors rally along the Detroit…

5 min readJan 23, 2019

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‘Government Silence Is Deafening’: Distraught and Angry Workers Send a Message to GM at the Rally…

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We’re Ignoring A Crisis Of Entrenched Cynicism In American Democracy

For the last few weeks I have been driving around rural and deindustrialized counties in Ohio, chatting with scores of people as they talk…

5 min readJun 12, 2018

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We’re Ignoring A Crisis Of Entrenched Cynicism In American Democracy

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Teachers’ Strike Speaks To The Plight Of Working Americans

After years of shrinking wages, teachers across the United States are striking back. Last week, after the historic victory in West…

3 min readApr 13, 2018

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Teachers’ Strike Speaks To The Plight Of Working Americans

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When the Politics of Anger Prevail

Why low wages in America are at the root of the Trump presidency

7 min readApr 5, 2018

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When the Politics of Anger Prevail

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End The False Promises Or Our Democracy Will Die

Colin was freckled with sawdust from his trousers to his boots and had come straight from work to the pub. When I asked if he identifies as…

5 min readFeb 2, 2018

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The Outbreak of Fentanyl Shows How Broken the War on Drugs Is

And how safe injection sites might decrease overdoses

6 min readNov 29, 2017

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The Outbreak of Fentanyl Shows How Broken the War on Drugs Is

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Alireza Naraghi

Alireza Naraghi

Journalist and feature writer. Work in @macleans, @HuffPost, @NovaraMedia & elsewhere. Researching social movements @RyersonU

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