The Organ Thieves: a Review
By Amy WaltersChip Jones’ new book is a brilliantly researched exploration of a facet of the racial inequality that has long plagued the medical profession.
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A Source of Shame: Australia’s Failure to Uphold the Human Rights of Refugees
By Sohee Park KwonAustralia’s public health response to COVID-19 demonstrates a double standard that blatantly disregards refugees and asylum seekers’ fundamental right to health.
Coloured Water: Why Uranium is Allowed in the Water of NT Indigenous Communities
By Liam GrealyRacist water: In the remote Indigenous community of Laramba in the Northern Territory (NT), drinking water contains almost three times the maximum safe level of uranium recommended by the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Australians can no longer look away from BLM
By Lena Mountford and Keenan MundineAs the world learns of police brutality in the US, Australians are too ready to ignore the deaths of Bla(c)k people in their own country.
Arab, Australian, Other: a review
By Amilee MysonThis collection explores the varied experiences of living in the Arab diaspora in Australia, countering the portrayal of the Australian media, which ranges from homogenisation to racism.
Race, poverty and disease: before the age of COVID-19
By Anne O’BrienThe history of epidemics in Sydney uncovers a pattern of scapegoating poor and racially stigmatised populations.
A critical turning point for First Nations justice
By Sophie TrevittWe have decades of evidence that spells out what governments must do to save blak lives, so how do we use it?
Museums of blood? A review of Who Owns History
By Charmaine ManuelGeoffrey Robertson’s latest returns our attention to one of the most important arguments within the world of art and culture: who owns objects of the past?
Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
By Alison Whittaker“It is not enough to hear about justice, justice must be done,” writes Alison Whittaker in this piece for The Conversation.
Museum of Inherited Memories launches for Yom HaShoah
By Bec BridgesThe Museum of Inherited Memories exhibits artistic interpretations of the shifting shapes of memories over time.
Why did Australia abolish birthright citizenship?
By Sian AinsworthCitizenship in Australia is not a constitutional right, leaving Australian citizenship law vulnerable to political whims.
Love and Family: a review of The White Girl
By Gabrielle EverallTony Birch’s newest book is an insight into how the laws initiating and perpetuating the Stolen Generations affected families and towns in rural Australia.