2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (827+ words) Some local election officials have refused to certify election results in the past few years. Georgia has new administrative rules that invite election officials to investigate results before certifying. And worries abound that election officials might subvert the results of…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1100+ words) Ten years ago, I had the honour of meeting Gloria Steinem. It was International Women’s Day 2016: Donald Trump was a joke that would supposedly never happen and #MeToo was still two years away. Yet, the clouds were gathering. Being in…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1113+ words) The Trump administration wants to strip all nonprofit colleges, universities and private K-12 schools of their tax-exempt status if any of their programs designed to help students uses race as a criterion for eligibility. This change is included in a rule…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (784+ words) MPs at Westminster have voted to reject the assisted dying bill, in a significant blow to those campaigning to change the law – 11 years to the day after MPs rejected a previous attempt. Had it passed, the bill would have made…...

2+ day, 35+ min ago   (798+ words) Voters’ economic pain is real. But perceptions matter too, and the government must get better at selling its message on its key policies....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1069+ words) Recent reports of a 16-year-old Sydney girl’s tragic death by “sexual choking” have understandably been met by calls for increased safety education for young people. International research shows parents play a vital role in educating young people about sex, sexuality…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1324+ words) Jon Ronson’s new book on the masculinity crisis was sparked by his son’s strange journey to a castle in upstate New York and a series of late-night text messages....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (897+ words) As we reflect on 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people, terrorism remains an ongoing yet evolving threat that defies easy answers. “Once a terrorist, always a terrorist” is a familiar refrain. It reflects a common belief that…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (855+ words) Twenty-five years ago today, the world’s strongest military state found itself powerless to prevent attacks on its homeland by al Qaeda, a small transnational terrorist group. Now, a quarter of the way into the 21st century, it’s possible to identify the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (685+ words) Yet the commission’s investigation into the circumstances of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was also, fundamentally, a report on how to reimagine and improve security. The commission’s recommendations foreshadowed and legitimised a new model of security that emerged from the ashes of…...