A new report assessing democratic values across more than 200 countries has found 6 billion people live in autocracies. Here’s where Australia sits.

The United Workers Union is one of Australia’s largest unions, and an upcoming ballot will see members choose between militancy and the status quo.

“Let me tell you about the very rich,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. “They are different from you and me.” Sure, Ernest Hemingway supposedly countered: “They have more money.” But to many today, that is ...

Incarnate Word's Savannah Stricker (32) takes a shot over Strafford's Blair Bough (33) during the first quarter of a high school girls basketball game at Rolla High School on Friday, February 13, 2026 ...

Mr. Hussain, a former lead economist on Bangladesh for the World Bank, wrote from Dhaka. Mr. Joehnk, a former Bangladesh correspondent for The Economist, wrote from London. A year and a half ago, ...

In the wake of ruthless arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minneapolis, one Harvard political scientist is arguing something many of us have suspected for a long time: the US is ...

Michael Fischer’s recent book, How Books Can Save Democracy, is a worthwhile and timely short read for psychiatrists, therapists, and the general public. Fischer is the Dicke Professor in Public ...

Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies hosted the fourth International Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD). Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders and Faculty Associate Judith ...

The beach lies less than four miles from the heart of Sydney. In that half-mile crescent of gold, the city’s restless energy dissipates. A crowd gathers there on ...

In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Tom Rogers, who was the Australian Electoral Commissioner from 2014 to 2024.They spoke about the structure of Australian elections, how ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing ...

In Sydney, Australia, thousands of people have gathered near the site of Sunday’s mass shooting in Bondi Beach to mourn the 15 people killed in an attack on the Jewish community on the first night of ...