Society
essay
Ageing and death
Witness the pain
When loved ones are traumatically lost, bereaved families become accidental activists by turning grief into grievance
Chris Bobel
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Human rights and justice
Beyond obscenity
A century after the trial against ‘Ulysses’, we must revisit the civil liberties arguments of its defender, Morris Ernst
Brett Gary
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Human rights and justice
Do not forget them
Thousands of Indigenous children suffered and died in residential ‘schools’ around the world. Their stories must be heard
Steve Minton
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Thinkers and theories
The body politics – a philosophical stroll with Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor
14 minutes
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History
The life of Wanda Półtawska
Her closeness to Pope John Paul furnished him with anti-abortion ideals, fuelled by her survival of the Ravensbrück camp
Joy Neumeyer
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Social psychology
Don’t let them fool you
The fear of being duped is ubiquitous, but excessive scepticism makes it harder to trust one another and cooperate
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
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Art
David Goldblatt captured the contradictions of apartheid in stark black and white
15 minutes
video
Nations and empires
The strange tale of how mangoes became hallowed objects in Maoist China
6 minutes
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Family life
Honey, I sold the kids
We have laws to protect children from factory work. Why aren’t they protected from parents who monetise their lives online?
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
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Human rights and justice
Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist
Taking up arms against slavery, the famous novelist foreshadowed the vexed role of the white woman activist today
Lydia Moland
video
Human rights and justice
Meet the man who uncovered the scandal of nuclear testing in South Australia
13 minutes
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Politics and government
Wielding death
When everyday life is marked by oppression and violence, can a martyr’s death truly be an act of freedom and resistance?
Umar Lateef Misgar
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Biography and memoir
My blackness
At times I’ve tried to escape it. Other times I’ve embraced it. But at all times, people have attempted to define me by it
Colin Grant
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Gender and identity
Disarming transphobia
‘Rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ is a popular weapon in the anti-trans arsenal. It is nothing but unscientific bunk
Quinnehtukqut McLamore
video
Human rights and justice
Thirty years after one teenager shot another, is it time to forgive?
28 minutes
video
Art
The revolutionary artist who propelled the Black Panther movement with imagery
8 minutes
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History
The doxxing of Rose Mainville
When a young street vendor found her name in a guidebook to the sex workers of Paris, she couldn’t live with the shame
Amanda E Herbert & David N Woodworth
video
Human rights and justice
Beyond ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ – could a range of verdict options be more just?
9 minutes
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Human rights and justice
Exhuming the truth
Thousands of victims of political executions lie in anonymous graves. Forensics offers hope for the ‘forgotten’ ones
Nicole Iturriaga
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Animals and humans
Happy the person
She has deep emotions, complex social needs and a large, elephant brain. Her legal personhood should be recognised too
Lori Marino
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Ethics
Collective wrongs
Even when individual perpetrators and victims are dead, states and institutions have a responsibility to make restitutions
Joshua Stein
video
Human rights and justice
The staggering cruelty of Ireland’s Church-run ‘mother and baby homes’
18 minutes
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Human rights and justice
Abolish life sentences
It is unjust, cruel and profoundly wasteful to consign a person to prison for life. A decent society must not do it
Judith Lichtenberg
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Art
‘Long Live Degenerate Art’ – how a Surrealist group in Cairo defied repression in 1938
4 minutes