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AddLong before the shocking killings in Sydney, the threat of antisemitic violence was often left unchallenged. That must change
In an essay from Amanda Hess's memoir 'Second Life,' she explores her parasocial relationship with the freebirther subculture amid her medicalized pregnancy.
We are deeply saddened by the heartbreaking news that our colleague Dr Heather McCormack died suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday 11 December. We join together with a large network of family, friends and colleagues across many communities and sectors who are mourning this devastating loss.
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
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Michael and Mary Shelley were glamorous Sydney socialites, who became Christian fanatics and kidnappers. Three of their children - Steven, John and Hannah - were secretly placed into foster care with my parents, Lenore and Tom Blaine. The Shelleys were apocalyptically irritated to discover that the children of God had been fostered by working-class Queensland…
When Nolan’s space epic was released in 2014, critics picked at the plot holes and scientists picked at the science – now, 11 years later, it’s the internet’s favourite film. Was it just ahead of its time?
The new film adaptation by Saltburn director Emerald Fennell looks set to be provocative – but nowhere near as shocking as Emily Brontë’s original
S3 E4 Back to Thailand - Cave Diver Craig Challen on The Rescue, Risk and Adventure
An armed man at a gathering of the website’s volunteers is just the latest reminder: Editing the internet’s encyclopedia has never been riskier.
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors