Dean Yates on compassion and the pilots of Crazy Horse 1-8
Dean Yates, former Reuters Bureau Chief in Iraq, reflects on the deaths of Reuters staff in 2007 and what it taught him about PTSD and compassion.
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Fighting for justice and dignity: Interview with Behrouz Boochani
Right Now speaks to writer Behrouz Boochani about his call for a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention.
Why do asylum seekers continue to receive second rate care from the federal government?
Delays in medical treatment lead to avoidable suffering for those in Australia’s immigration detention system.
The Australian media’s silence on Palestine is deafening.
Sarah Jacob speaks to Randa Abdel-Fattah about the Australian media’s reticence to talk about Palestine.
The right to protest during the pandemic
To protest or not to protest, what is deemed essential when we can’t afford to wait for change?
Disaster capitalism: how corporations profit from crises
Antony Loewenstein has spent the past decade following corporations around the world, examining how they cash in on crises by securing lucrative government contracts, often with little scrutiny of their activities.
Australia’s moral obligation to military interpreters
You learn a lot about yourself when you are gifted the opportunity to see the human condition stripped of any defining anchors, writes the former army captain.
Citizenship Denied: Two Million in India Face an Uncertain Future
India’s Hindu nationalist government has put in place two pieces of legislation that could lead to the biggest crisis of citizenship since World War II.
The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity
Australia has yet to grapple in a co-ordinated and meaningful way with the pervasiveness and severity of coercive control in the lives of abused Australian women.
Fighting For Our Lives
Nick Cook’s new book is the incredible story of communities taking action and fighting back. Amidst the dark years of an epidemic, marginalised communities rallied to protect their own, forming organisations to give themselves a voice.
Managing the Calculus: the story of an activist, academic and President Obama’s adviser on human rights
How does one person make a difference? Samantha Power’s memoir shows how she balanced her activist nature with her work as presidential Cabinet official, along with the challenges she faced in developing her own idealism.
Australia should prioritise rights as Asia battles COVID-19
We need to persistently press abusive leaders to end violations.
COVID-19 and the unravelling of refugee protection
As nations turn inward in response to COVID-19, the institutions safeguarding refugees face an uncertain future.