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Drew Brown

Drew Brown is a writer from Grand Falls-Windsor. He was a national columnist with VICE from 2015 to 2020 and Editor-in-Chief of The Independent between 2019 and 2023. He was a PhD candidate in political theory at the University of Alberta before transitioning to a career in journalism. He is currently finishing a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology through Yorkville University and begins clinical practice in 2026. He lives in St. John’s with two black cats and an alarming number of books.

Drew's Latest Articles

Art by Sarah Brown
The Passion of Graydon Pelley
Photo by CHMR/The Independent.
The Phony War
Confederation Chic
Reaping Without Sowing: Government Support for the Arts in NL
CHEAP Thrills: This Week at The House
Pre-rally seating at Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada Rally, St. John's NL, 2 March 2019.
The People’s Party of Canada is Not for Everyone
Charting a Course Through 2019
I can see Cleary now the sane is gone

Ryan Cleary's problem isn't that he has no political principles. It's that he's principled to the point of pathology.

After Alberta

The NDP victory in last week's Alberta election shook that province and the country. But what does it mean for the federal NDP and the NL NDP here as we approach federal and provincial elections in the fall?

God guard thee, Newfoundland

What the rushed passage of controversial Bill 42 reveals about our leading political parties, their understanding of legislative reform and their propensity for anti-democratic decision-making