Race, poverty and disease: before the age of COVID-19
The history of epidemics in Sydney uncovers a pattern of scapegoating poor and racially stigmatised populations.
First Nations and Indigenous People – Page 2
A critical turning point for First Nations justice
We 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
Geoffrey 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
“It is not enough to hear about justice, justice must be done,” writes Alison Whittaker in this piece for The Conversation.
Kastom in Vanuatu
Photo essay on Ambrym Island’s annual Yam and Magic Ceremony and the dance that goes along with it.
Quantum Words Perth: Reflections on Language, Science and Ways of Knowing
Sarah Yeung reflects on the Quantum Words festival, investigating the ways in which science and language interact through colonial discourse and Indigenous knowledges.
Voluntary Assisted Dying: A matter of life and death?
In light of the voluntary assisted dying bill currently before the Western Australian parliament, Janelle Koh considers voluntary assisted dying from a critical rights perspective, and queries whether a right to a good death may operate with unequal effect upon minority populations.
Reconnecting with a Precolonial Heritage: An Interview with Kim Scott
Sharen Bart speaks to award-winning Noongar writer and scholar Kim Scott about Indigenous trauma, cultural recovery and what it means to be sustained by a pre-colonial heritage.
Love and Family: a review of The White Girl
Tony Birch’s newest book is an insight into how the laws initiating and perpetuating the Stolen Generations affected families and towns in rural Australia.
How to Teach History: What Australia can learn from Pakistan
Danish Khan considers the differences between the teaching of indigenous history in Australia and in Pakistan.
The Rights Pathway for Action on Climate Change?
Jacqueline Peel and Hari M. Osofsky explore whether communities vulnerable to the severe threats of climate change can claim their human rights have been breached.
Little Stones and Potholes in the Road: A conversation with Elizabeth Kuiper
Janelle Koh speaks with Elizabeth Kuiper about her new novel, Little Stones, and its’ portrayal of Zimbabwe’s complicated inheritance – Robert Mugabe’s legacy.