History too often forgets older protesters
Recent sustained anti-coal action by Blockade Australia in the Hunter Valley has brought public protest…
No texts. No contracts. No criticism. How Europe’s COVID inquiry went dark – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It all started so…
4 reasons not teaching evolution in schools is immoral
Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever…
Security for Ukraine — but how? – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In its sixteenth month,…
Henry Lawson and Judith Wright were deaf – but they’re rarely acknowledged as disabled writers. Why does that matter?
Most of us know Henry Lawson and Judith Wright are icons of Australian literature. But…
Anna Funder rescues George Orwell’s wife Eileen from being ‘cancelled by the patriarchy’ – and reminds us he’s a sexual predator
In the summer of 2017, Anna Funder found herself “at a moment of peak overload”.…
The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work
Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers…
How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?
I was a teenager during Australia’s 1990s “recession we had to have”, and remember clearly…
France endures another night of rioting, but violence appears to subside – POLITICO
Police arrested more than 700 young rioters overnight as France endured a fifth day of…
3 myths about immigration in America
The U.S. is – and long has been – a pluralistic society that contains large…