Just What Kind of Card is Race?
Every white child in the United States comes to know that their path in life…More
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New Matilda
Launched in 2004, New Matilda is one of Australia's oldest online independent publications. It's focus is on investigative journalism and analysis, with occasional smart arsery thrown in for reasons of sanity. New Matilda is owned and edited by Walkley Award and Human Rights Award winning journalist Chris Graham.
What the Polls Tell Us
After months of intense campaigning, the result of the US presidential election on Tuesday will…More
Mum, How Do You Spell "Self Righteous"?
It’s not just newmatilda.com writers Ben Pobjie and Scott Bridges who are up in arms…More
It's Not Easy Being Green In The US
When you travel through America, you move against a tide of excess. SUVs cram the…More
Nobody Likes A Thinker
As the Senate inquiry into academic freedom unfurls, Young Libs, campaigning under the rubric Make…More
Beyond Garnaut, Towards Reality
According to the final Garnaut Climate Change Review Report, "the failure of our generation on…More
What Are Teachers Being Taught?
When it comes to the debate about how best to teach English to kiddies, a…More
She Asked For The Facts, Then Ignored Them
The fix is in. Last week the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, hung Peter…More
Propping Up The Giants
When the two US mortgage heavywieghts Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae went under, the major…More
The Patient Has To Want To Change
As the media waits anxiously for the incoming Obama Administration to divvy up the White…More