Opinion
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Democracy is fragile.
On the night Barack Obama won the US presidency, most of Washington DC was euphoric. Peter Hartcher The Age City…
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What happened to ‘we are all Melburnians now’?
How quickly that spirit evaporated. Steve Bracks The Age The Prime Minister has reverted to type… What happened to…
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Midnight in America: The true state of play in the US election is about to unfold
In 1984 he let the American people know, despite a recession, all was going to be OK. Bruce Wolpe Brisbane…
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Something’s happening here.
Those words by the legendary Irish poet Seamus Heaney floated through my Twitter feed the other day, like a cool…
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Footage of police wrongdoing nothing new for African Americans
A newspaper feature story diagnosed the phenomenon: anticipating the election of a brother to the US presidency. Gil Griffin The…
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Robert Reich: Trump’s Presidency Is Over | Opinion
His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald Trump is no longer president of the United States. Robert Reich…
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I Cannot Remain Silent
It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel—including members of the National Guard—forcibly and violently clear a path through Lafayette…
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They made a mockery of our trust: why Britain is united in fury at the PM and his adviser
Five days later, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab was also buried alone because his mother and siblings were in self-isolation displaying symptoms…
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Israel’s annexation plan spells the end of the two-state solution
Israel has mandatory two-week quarantine for overseas arrivals, but for Pompeo they made an exception. Anas Iqtait and Tristan Dunning…
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Why Some of Us Thrive in a Crisis
I know a woman, very nearly a misanthrope—I’ll call her Stella—who lives alone and is convinced that everyone in the…
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My return to my rural family business tested the bonds of a father-daughter relationship, and underscored the strength of the mother-line
In my teens I questioned the lack of shared “acreage” inheritance and was given a lesson in the importance of…
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Letter from İbrahim Gökçek: Of Course, I Want to Live
İbrahim Gökçek of the Grup Yorum music band has been on a death fast for 322 days, demanding the release…
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Violence forced the Rohingya to flee Myanmar
I waved goodbye to my parents in October last year as I boarded a plane back to Bangladesh. Gemma Snowdon…
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“The status quo is dead”: Rebecca Solnit on America after the coronavirus
What will America look like on the other side of coronavirus? Sean Illing VOX It’s hard to imagine a crisis…
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We broke the rules – and coronavirus is our punishment
No planes. Elizabeth Farrelly The Age Six am, midweek, inner west and there’s the usual gentle potpourri of… We broke…
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What happened to Europe’s stand on human rights?
The events unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border are making me lose my faith in Europe. Jaafar Abdul Karim DW Whatever happened…
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