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Editorial: Lemonade from lemons
(2 minute read) Ronnie Convery learns there is a positive side to life's misfortunes.
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Sinister sounds: How the phonetics of scare words amplify their meaning
John Kline reflects on how scare words like ‘racist’ and ‘hate’ are designed to rattle us.
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The Philippines: life beyond elections
Mary Aileen D. Bacalso can barely contain her grief as she fears her homeland will return to a period of brutality and unrest.
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Wading into Roe vs Wade
What a leaked judgement means - and doesn’t mean - for America’s abortion laws. Catherine Robinson explains.
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Long to reign over us?
(5 minute read) Alex Osborn gives Queen Elizabeth II a near perfect report card but has concerns about the future of the British monarchy.
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Editorial: Down with the D word
(2 minute read) We must try to overcome division in all its forms, urges Ronnie Convery.
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A Christian future for liberalism?
(3 minute read) Michael Kirke puts the alliance between religion and right-wing politics under the microscope.
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When society comes apart at the seams
(10 minute read) James Bradshaw finds the predictions of an American academic eerily accurate, but discovers in them ideas for a better future.
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Healing Colombia’s conflict through art
(6 minute read) “Art remains a powerful yet underutilized tool for peace and social cohesion in the post-conflict setting,” argues Clare McMullen.
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Court watching in the United States
(6 minute read) Kendra Mills explores a novel idea aimed at making America’s justice system fairer.