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Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
Polarization and negative partisanship have lowered the standards for whom Americans are willing to support.
There was a time when you could be fired from your job for being gay. It took LGBTQ employees at companies like Kodak to challenge workplace discrimination and transform corporate culture.
The Israeli prime minister has a long history of irritating American leaders.
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle Something significant and revelatory just happened in the New Zealand Parliament. I was present at today’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee meeting when things kicked off between the Foreign Minister and humanitarian aid activist Hāhona Ormsby, one of the New Zealanders who survived kidnapping and beatings by Israeli forces in May.
There is nothing in the agreement that is positive for the US and did not already exist before the war.
The Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues as the sitting fortnight looms.
Mice numbers are likely to drop as winter sets in – an expert explains.
The nationwide outage highlights problems with how the network is designed.
Analysis by Keith Rankin.Role: Economic historian. Keith Rankin, 18 June 2026 – The latest quarterly economic growth data were released by Statistics today. The following chart summarises eight-quarter (ie two yearly) economic growth rates from 1990. I have colour coded the data to match the political party leading the government for each period. (Shades are lighter ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Economic Growth Update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/06/18/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealand-economic-growth-update/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Economic Growth Update">Read more</a>
Asia Pacific Report A member of the Aotearoa delegation on the Global Sumud flotilla humanitarian aid mission seeking to break the illegal Gaza enclave blockade imposed by Israel since 2007 clashed with New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters in a parliamentary hearing yesterday. Peters was attempting to defend his heavily criticised government response to Israel’s
Jeremy Clarkson says his prostate cancer is ‘aggressive’. Here’s what that actually means.