From the archive
1 February 2023
Why did this shy Sydneysider dot his city with a one-word poem?
Books & Arts
7 August 2021
How a distinguished educator fell victim to church politics and personal enmities
National Affairs
7 June 2021
So far, the prime minister’s religious views haven’t affected his popularity. But will that last?
National Affairs
2 March 2021
How different a prime minister is Scott Morrison from John Howard, who won office a quarter-century ago?
From the archive
24 February 2021
The afterlife of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
International
4 May 2020
India’s firm action has been undermined by religious prejudice and poverty
International
25 October 2019
The make-up of Joko Widodo’s second-term cabinet confirms worrying trends
Correspondents
14 August 2019
Donald Trump’s highly charged rhetoric can’t change the fact that Congress is more diverse than ever
Books & Arts
7 June 2019
Books | Conservative commentator David Brooks mightn’t be writing for everyone, but he’s traversing important terrain
International
4 June 2019
The administration continues to roll out hostile policies
National Affairs
3 June 2019
This week’s Court of Appeal hearing won’t necessarily be the last word
Essays & Reportage
28 May 2019
Is there a way to escape the paradox presented so movingly by Stan Grant?
International
30 April 2019
The election count is still incomplete, but it’s now clear there’s more to Indonesian politics than pragmatism and patronage alone
Books & Arts
26 March 2019
Television | Waleed Aly’s encounters with Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the political interview
Books & Arts
3 December 2018
Books | Identities are best worn lightly and critically, argues the British-born Ghanaian-American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah
National Affairs
19 October 2018
Did Scott Morrison have a different audience in mind when he floated the idea of shifting Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem?
National Affairs
28 June 2018
The royal commission has shown how institutions can rebuild their relationships with the children in their care
Books & Arts
28 January 2018
Books | A former communist and a former Catholic activist combine forces to cast new light on the organisation that helped fuel the Labor split
National Affairs
19 November 2017
Perhaps the most interesting results of the marriage-equality survey were to be seen outside the eastern capitals
Books & Arts
3 October 2017
Books | Islamic State has become adept at recruiting those who are already attracted to violence
National Affairs
28 July 2017
Conservative Catholics left Labor in the mid 1950s – and we now know they were bound for the Liberal Party
National Affairs
4 May 2017
It’s day nine of a classic News Corp–Coalition culture-war crusade
Books & Arts
27 January 2017
Television | Released from behind his desk, Shaun Micallef proves to be a gifted explorer
Books & Arts
2 December 2016
Books | Can the Ottoman Empire offer a guide to the future of the Middle East?
From the archive
28 July 2016
We’re still living with the legacy of Labor’s decision to support public funding of non-government schools
Books & Arts
20 April 2016
Books | Transcendence, meaning, social purpose: religion has gripped a remarkable range of thinkers, says Janna Thompson
Essays & Reportage
10 March 2016
Muslim women are urged to break free of patriarchical domestic lives yet viewed with suspicion if they display signs of their religion in…
International
18 December 2015
We should avoid exceptionalising jihadists, argues Olivier Roy. Otherwise we reinforce the fascination of rebels looking for a cause
National Affairs
8 December 2015
What unites the group of Liberals who want to steer the party away from its roots? Norman Abjorensen profiles the ideas and the personalities
International
25 September 2015
With a terror alert issued and the country’s redshirts threatening to riot, Malaysia’s intractable political crisis has come to a head, writes Amrita Malhi