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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The escalating crisis in Myanmar

    • Anonymous
    • 20 February 2025

    Myanmar’s military-led turmoil drives millions from their homes, bombs local communities, and keeps democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi behind bars. Once a nation of proud heritage and abundant resources, it now teeters on social and economic collapse. Our deep dive examines an enduring crisis and the determination powering an urgent call for change.

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  • RELIGION

    We need to talk about anti-Judaism resurfacing in the Church

    • Emma Carolan
    • 19 February 2025

    Amidst a rise in antisemitism globally, some in the Jewish community have raised concerns about echoes of historic anti-Judaism resurfacing within the Church. While Catholic leaders condemn overt hate, has the Church fully confronted its entrenched biases, or do old prejudices still affect its response in ways that go unnoticed?

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    From under the truck

    • Peter Craven
    • 31 January 2025

    Somewhat surprisingly, actor Josh Brolin is, in his way a born writer. In his new memoir, he succeeds in taking conversations of the most ordinary kind and bringing them to life, recounting oddly spellbinding encounters with figures like Cormac McCarthy, conjuring up the voices in narrative brimming with humour, vulnerability, and grace.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Trump inaugurated

    • Peter Craven
    • 24 January 2025

    In a second presidency begun with a spate of brash decrees — annexing Greenland, scrapping birthright citizenship — and forging odd alliances with billionaires, Donald Trump is already defying expectations. How did we reach this unsettling moment, and can America endure it?

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  • EDUCATION

    The hidden cost of digital childhood

    • Peter Hosking
    • 11 December 2024

      In a world reshaped by smartphones and social media, Generations Z and Alpha grapple with rising anxiety, diminished attention spans, and the erosion of real-world connections. As governments and parents push for reforms, the challenge is clear: how can technology serve young people’s growth without exploiting their vulnerabilities for profit?

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  • AUSTRALIA

    What should we make of the social media ban?

    • David Halliday
    • 11 December 2024

    The global media fracas around a government daring to impose restrictions on children using social media was dramatic, but not unexpected. Reactions were predictably divisive and steeped in the sort of performative outrage that social media tends to encourage.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    How Laudato Si’ inspired a global movement for sufficiency

    • David Ness
    • 28 November 2024
    2 Comments

    As the climate crisis deepens, there's an urgent need for a global shift toward fairness, equity, and living well within our planet’s limits. Drawing from Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’,  sufficiency thinking offers a critical, overlooked pathway to global equity and sustainability.

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  • RELIGION

    Astute stewards: Implementing the Synod

    • Bill Uren
    • 20 November 2024
    7 Comments

    Will the recommendations of the Synod on Synodality inspire lasting change or risk losing momentum? With bishops balancing tradition and reform, the coming year will determine whether this moment becomes one of true transformation.

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  • RELIGION

    Pope Francis' challenge to become a synodal Church

    • Bruce Duncan
    • 14 November 2024
    14 Comments

    The Synod is possibly the most important event in the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council. And despite its focus on internal Church reform and participation, can it effectively address broader social and moral issues in the world while still promoting a more inclusive and accountable Church?

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The end of politics as usual

    • Julian Butler
    • 11 November 2024
    3 Comments

    As Americans confront the start of a second Trump presidency, the questions go deeper than policy. This victory, far from an anomaly, reflects deeper fractures and discontent in a polarized nation. How can a society move forward when politics seem unable to address, let alone heal, its divisions?

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  • RELIGION

    The quiet revolution in women's roles in the Church

    • Joanna Thyer
    • 07 November 2024
    3 Comments

    At the World Synod in Rome, four women joined to advocate for ordaining women as deacons. Though the topic remains off the table officially, the message highlights the Church’s internal conflict between traditional values and growing calls for inclusion and change.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    How 'Slow Horses' became the show of the moment

    • Juliette Hughes
    • 12 September 2024
    4 Comments

    Slow Horses is one of those dramas that are even better than the books they’re based on. The TV series is blessed by having Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the grisly spy-genius with a preternatural instinct for sniffing out hidden agendas. 

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