How Castro shaped Cuban identity and what his death means to those exiled
Dec 02, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On Nov. 25, when I heard the news of Cuban leader Fidel Castros death, I did not feel any sense of sadness, relief or joy. Instead, as a daughter of Cuban exiles, I experienced a mix of all those emotions. Children of...
10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump
Dec 02, 2016 05:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media postmortems continue. In particular, the role played by the media and technology industries is coming...
How Trump's deportation plan threatens America's food and wine supply
Dec 02, 2016 05:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Mass deportations of up to three million undocumented immigrants are expected to begin in January, when President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office and begins to turn his campaign promises into government...
Don't expect a rerun of the Asian Financial Crisis
Dec 02, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Asian currencies hit a seven year low in November, on Donald Trumps election and the potential for his policies to spur US inflation and bond yields. Investors who fanned out across emerging markets in recent years are now...
Everyone's talking but no-one's listening: it's time to reclaim the art of communication
Dec 02, 2016 04:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In a world of mass communication and social media, people seem prepared to share their opinion on almost any subject. When it comes to remembering a conversation you were involved in, in most cases the deciding factor...
Italy's referendum: what's at stake and what you need to know
Dec 02, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views
On December 4, Italians will cast their vote in a historic referendum. The exact details of the question they are voting on are quite technical whether or not to accept constitutional reforms promoted by the centre-left...
The data that won't help the government on housing supply
Dec 01, 2016 20:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects