[3][4] Over the course of its 56 years in print, the magazine was managed by an editorial collective of over 30 writers and activists from major cities across Canada, with Gonick acting as the coordinating editor and publisher.

Some of the earliest contributors included Charles Taylor, George Grant, Gad Horowitz, C. B. Macpherson, Kari Levitt, John Warnock, James Laxer, Leo Panitch and Reg Whitaker.

More recently, frequent contributors have included the likes of Bryan Palmer, Sam Gindin, Jim Silver, Pam Palmater, Andrea Levy, Rinaldo Walcott, David Moscrop, Peter Kulchyski, Paul Robinson, Yves Engler, Joel Kovel, Boris Kagarlitsky, and Ian Angus.

In 1963, the publication did not cover issues related to feminism, environmentalism, human rights, gay and lesbian liberation, or the relationship between political beliefs and personal lifestyle choices.

And we remain an alternative because those capitalist pigs hold sway almost everywhere, brutalizing the Earth and all of her creatures.Over the past decade, the format of the magazine radically shifted, namely with dedicated sections of each issue focusing on different themes such as Cities, Indian Country, Arts and Politics, Food, Pensions in Peril, Queer, Remembering 1968, Immigration, the Criminal (Justice) System, precarious work, big media, Canada mines the South, the New Feminist Revolution, Our Winnipeg, Today's Student Activism, climate change, peak oil, and degrowth.