If this is the Facebook election, the major parties should be a little concerned
May 20, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
Every Australian federal election since Kevin 07 has been hailed as an internet or social media election. The 2007 campaign was branded the YouTube election and the Google election, while the 2013 campaign was described as...
Infographic: PEFO 2016 at a glance
May 20, 2016 10:03 am UTC| Politics
CC BY-ND Helen Westerman, Business + Economy Editor, The Conversation This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
Dear young people: here's why you need to vote in the EU referendum
May 20, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What will you be doing on June 23 this year? Perhaps youll be packing your tent and donning your wellies, ready for the start of Glastonbury. Or maybe youll be celebrating the end of your A Levels, or preparing to...
U.S. Election Series: Democratic supporters as divided as Republicans
May 19, 2016 07:35 am UTC| Commentary Politics
This week, Democratic Presidential Election nominees saw, two more primaries, in Kentucky and in Oregon. In Kentucky, Hilary Clinton won and secured 27 delegates, same as Bernie Sanders, one delegate is yet to be...
What Rousseff's impeachment means for Brazil's struggling millions
May 19, 2016 06:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
In Brazil, right-wing parties and politicians are following constitutional procedures to oust the countrys democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. They claim that she made improper use of budgetary procedures to...
Catholic bishops speak out – but is anyone listening?
May 19, 2016 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As is their custom, the Australian Catholic bishops have issued a statement on the federal election, outlining the issues they see as important. A Vote For The Voiceless names 10 issues, from refugees and asylum seekers to...
European data suggests the gig economy helped create Trump, Sanders
May 18, 2016 08:11 am UTC| Science Politics
Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University Politicians and pundits in America wonder where the rip-roaring popularity of protest candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders originated. The...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects