That we understand the nature of the cosmos has profound implications in the search for life

The descent of creative arts at Australia’s universities

US failures in Afghanistan and the folly of Australia’s unquestioning support

The life and times of activist Sister Brigid Arthur

New public management and why the Commonwealth government can’t do anything anymore

Rather than prompting reform, the COVID emergency has hardened the major parties’ neoliberal ideology

How the spread of the virus revealed our leaders to us

Where will the Greens’ unusual new leader take the party?

Brian Houston’s Pentecostal movement in an age of climate change and coronavirus

How the secretive trillionaire superannuation funds are using your money to reshape capitalism

As the National Party celebrates its centenary, its future is in the hands of bitter rivals Michael McCormack and Barnaby Joyce

In the face of the looming catastrophes of climate change, how do we talk when we’re lost for words? The author speaks with everyday Australians to see if we can articulate hope and provoke action