A collection of 109 posts
From the riots of 2005 to the scenes of urban guerrilla warfare on 17 and 18 October, violence in French cities has grown increasingly intense. And the authorities are struggling to respond.
Despite her professed atheism, Kathryn Paige Harden insists on making quasi-religious claims about free will and moral responsibility.
How Australia's war on tobacco backfired.
Claudia Verhoeven’s new book is a valuable contribution to the crowded library of Mansonia.
We judge sex crimes according to archetype, not evidence.
From the murder of a five-year-old Aboriginal girl to Melbourne's tobacco wars, Andrew Bushnell joins Zoe Sankey to examine the human cost of Australia's broken justice system.
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
It's not poverty that drives men to violence, but the experience of losing status.
Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence.
The murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby by repeat offender Jefferson Lewis has exposed the failures of Australia’s criminal justice system and Indigenous child protection policy. What will it take to make change?
How a brilliant mind fell for bad history and worse people.
Leah Gazan’s use of the absurd term ‘MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+’ to describe female Indigenous homicide victims is a case study in progressive linguistic self-sabotage.
The Islamist grandson of Hasan al-Banna convinced many Western liberals that he was a moderate because he promised to bridge a divide many feared could not be crossed.
When an anti-Zionist worldview collides with the principle of “believe all women,” it is the principle that gives way.
Managing Editor Iona Italia speaks with Maureen Callahan about her book "American Predator", which chronicles the crimes of serial killer Israel Keyes.