That George Floyd died at the hands of four police officers is uncontested, but interpretations of his death and its aftermath differ greatly. The result is two starkly opposed narratives.
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The Insurrection Act of 1807 was not intended to be a national call to war against the American people.
In the coronavirus pandemic, wearing a protective mask signifies a commitment to the social and collective good of society. But that changes when a face mask is worn by Black and racialized people.
Attack the press, and you attack the very system that has made places like the US and Australia among the safest and most prosperous in the world.
President Trump has warned that he will send the military into states to curb protests. Is Trump’s warning bluster? Or does the president have the authority to send the military into American cities?
Fear is very much a part of humans’ survival. Demagogues and others who want to manipulate have learned that this human trait can be exploited, often with disastrous consequences.
Scott Morrison has called upon the Australian embassy to investigate the assault of a Channel 7 news crew by Washington riot police.
A biographer of George Washington says that the father of the country would have no problem wearing the kind of protective gear that President Trump shuns.
Trump’s critics have assailed his handling of both coronavirus and the Minneapolis unrest. His election opponent, Joe Biden, though, has yet to show he can be the more effective leader, either.
The US president is punishing Twitter for using a factcheck to point out that one of his tweets is incorrect.
Trump’s recent executive order may limit section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - the ‘bedrock of the internet’. What does that mean for Australia?
Our expert assessed all the controlled studies so far on hydroxychloroquine. His findings may surprise you.
When other posts have presented misinformation, the company simply removed the tweets, but Trump is being treated differently.
Obamagate is strongly linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory – on Twitter these hashtags are frequently used alongside each other.
Authentic leadership doesn’t just mean ‘being true to yourself’. It requires self-awareness, a moral compass, understanding your own internal biases and vulnerability.
If perception is everything in politics, what does it say when a leader poses with a Trump MAGA hat?
A long-time campaigner for the White House, and a vice president to Obama, Biden now faces a great challenge: choose the right running mate, and defeat Donald Trump in November.
US President Donald Trump says he’ll respond ‘very strongly’ if China follows through with its draft national security law in Hong Kong. Beijing, though, is prepared for a potential new cold war.
The hyper-competitiveness of Michael Jordan may work on the basketball court, but the win-at-all-cost American culture that Jordan represents is not what’s needed to end the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s not just the coronavirus that is upping the ante, but tensions over Huawei and other technologies that are threatening to create a new cold war. And Australia will be caught in the middle.
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