Five books published in fourteen years have firmly established Alice Munro among Canada's best writers of prose fiction. Her form is the short story, and her material is largely the experience of a girl growing up poor in a small southwestern Ontario tow...

In their pink-and-blue world, manufacturers strongly aim toys and ads at one or the other, but rarely push toys as gender-neutral. Sherry Rose was at the Lancaster Toys "R" Us one evening last week, pushing a shopping cart that contained an orange toy...

The modern boy is so much at ease with his sexuality that he now has the confidence to grow his hair, moisturise his skin, and paint his nails, without worrying about being branded a Big Girl's Blouse. He takes his cue from the effeminate...

An atheist group says North Dakota officials are using public money to religiously indoctrinate young people at the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, according to a federal lawsuit.The Freedom From Religion Foundation wants a judge to declare a violation of the constitutional separation of church...

The Hold Steady’s second album, Separation Sunday, starts late at night, in a quiet, dirty room. As lead singer Craig Finn tells it in the opening verse, the girl looks down at what’s left and, with tired apprehension, says to the boy: “I won’t be...