Why self-identification shouldn't be the only thing that defines our gender
May 13, 2016 11:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Are you a man or a woman? Until recently, most people would have found that a simple question. You would have been able to give a definite answer one way or the other, and would probably have appealed to your body type and...
Eastern Europe is shunning liberal democracy – but it'll come back in the end
May 13, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Whats happening to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? A new authoritarianism, what one leader has called illiberal democracy, has taken over in Hungary and Poland. Propelled in part by the Paris and Brussels attacks...
What is Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's real crime?
May 13, 2016 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Dilma Rousseff, Brazils first female president, is about to go on trial. She is temporarily suspended from office while Brazilian politicians debate whether she broke the countrys laws. Her crime is she allegedly...
Social Media Revolution Series
Covering the election beyond our memes: what role for visual politics and social media?
May 13, 2016 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Staffers for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton recently asked for an unflattering photo of him at a press conference, already posted and noticed online, to be taken down by the reporter who posted it. The response to...
UK elections: Labour wins London mayoralty, but otherwise mixed
May 13, 2016 09:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Elections were held in the UK last Thursday. At stake were the Scottish and Welsh assemblies, the Mayoralty of London and control of 124 English councils. Labours Sadiq Khan is the new Mayor of London, after defeating...
Lessons from history in how to run a good election campaign – or how to avoid a really bad one
May 13, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Federal elections are fecund sources of lessons for the political class. From 1993 they learned not to make a big target of yourself as an opposition party. The Coalitions Fightback! gave Paul Keating hundreds of pages...
Is a capitalist democracy possible?
May 13, 2016 09:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Classical economics predicts that providing people with more choice will improve well-being; however, behavioural economists have discovered that humans prefer to see choices in terms of few options and clear distinctions....
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