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There’s one question I get every time I give a talk. I’m a curator of political history at the Smithsonian Institution, and when I discuss the deep history of political division in our country, someone in the audience always asserts that we can’t possibly compare past divisions to the present,…

Kamala Harris has the support of nearly 49% of voters, according to recent polling. Why do those people support her?

In 1969, Austrian-American writer Peter Drucker foretold a major societal and economic shift driven by knowledge. However, it would not be until the 1990s that scholars, managers, management consultants and policy-makers would herald the arrival of the knowledge economy, whereby goods and services depend not just on labour but on…

Every October, Kolkata, the “city of joy” and capital of West Bengal in India, lights up to celebrate Durga Puja. The festival is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga – daughter, mother, warrior and defeater of demons.

One year ago the people of Israel experienced the biggest atrocity they have known since their state was founded. October 7 was a day that would completely change the perspective of its people about the future security of their country. And it would bring grim reminders of the past, not…

In the first episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, a new podcast series from The Conversation Documentaries, we explore when the relationship between class and voting broke down and why.

When Senator Fatima Payman quit Labor over Gaza, she not only delivered a blow to the government, she also got under Anthony Albanese’s skin.

SBS’s new romantic drama Four Years Later comes in the middle of an eventful week for cultural diversity in the Australian media.

Menopause is having a bit of a moment, with less stigma and more awareness about the changes it can bring.