Chris Hedges: The politics of cultural despair – and the American nightmare
ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges
In the end, the US election was about despair. Despair over futures that evaporated with deindustrialisation. Despair over the loss of...
New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men
ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti and Waqas Ejaz
Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But political attacks on US-based journalists and news organisations pose...
Caitlin Johnstone: The mainstream Western worldview pretends the Global South doesn’t exist
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
Mainstream Western politics and culture pretend the rest of the world does not exist. The mainstream Western worldview shrinks the earth...
Jonathan Cook: Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza
Western publics are being subjected to a campaign of psychological warfare, where genocide is classed as ‘self-defence’ and opposition to it ‘terrorism’. Jonathan Cook...
Martyn Bradbury: My 30 best NZ news sources plus 5 to avoid
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Folks, the New Zealand media landscape is imploding and that risks terrible damage to our collective...
Islands Business publisher Samantha Magick – storyteller, risk-taker and community champion
PROFILE: By Teagan Laszlo
For Samantha Magick, journalism isn’t just a job. It is a lifelong commitment to storytelling, advocacy, and empowering voices often overlooked...