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Is the tenure of a leader becoming ‘nasty, brutish and short’?
Rapid changes at the top don’t always lead to better results in the long run.
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‘Debate me!’ doesn’t work. Here are better ways to disagree – and maybe change minds
Other communication techniques can help move disagreement past attacks and sound bites.
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Chilling effects of Trump’s war on free speech extend far beyond campus walls – and that’s the point
A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
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Older Americans are often compelled to keep working – and then criticized for not stepping aside
Sometimes they hear they’re supposed to stay active and engaged. Other times they’re vilified for holding on to power too long. It’s all made ‘knowing when it’s time’ a whole lot harder.
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AI is replacing humans in responding to some surveys – but simulated opinions are not the same as public opinion
AI models can simulate the answers thousands of people would provide to a survey, but the results aren’t a reliable measure of what real people would actually say.
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Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion
As the Bondi Royal Commission continues, one major campaigner against antisemitism demonstrates its vehement opposition to social cohesion. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon Sheina Gutnick, whose father Reuben Morrison was killed in the Bondi Massacre, was the first witness at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. She
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Art in exile on show at London’s Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale
The show brings together communities separated by migration, sanctions, censorship and political borders.
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The bogs of war: landscapes play a huge part in conflict – and restoring them can strengthen security
Europe is rethinking security: as geopolitical tensions rise, Russia looms and climate risks intensify, can restoring nature help defend both nations and the planet?
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US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture of Gaza flotilla crews
ANALYSIS: Global Sumud Flotilla As testimonies from the 428 participants illegally kidnapped by the Israeli regime continue to surface, the United States critical role in the abuses and torture of humanitarian volunteers and journalists has become undeniable. This role goes beyond the US State Department’s diplomatic shielding and the US Embassy’s refusal to assist American
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Europe needs 10 million homes and net-zero buildings by 2040. Here are four ways it could happen
The housing shortage is a major concern for many EU citizens. A foresight study by more than 30 experts examines four ways affordable, low-carbon homes could emerge by 2040.
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Who were the American mothers to France’s orphaned children during the First World War?
During and after WWI, thousands of American women acted as mothers for displaced French children. A war studies research fellow weighs in with considerations for teaching this vital, often overlooked part of transatlantic wartime history.
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‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A West Papuan independence activist says AI-generated fake footage of her and her words has been used to spread disinformation on social media. Koteka Wenda, daughter of the leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, said the Instagram video reel by an Indonesian