The past is truly a foreign country, as MaryLou Kayser reflects; a realm where values, beliefs, and ways of life diverge profoundly from our own. Understanding history requires more than…
The humanities are essential to building and maintaining social cohesion and ethics.
Education is intended to equip students to navigate a complex world, not to battle out ideologies.
Privilege and systemic inequality make a mockery of the concept of meritocracy, requiring bold reforms.
The importance of literacy is in the sharing of experiences, fostering empathy and understanding between people and cultures.
Advances in the Western thought and culture are threatened by the insecurity of authoritarianism and populism.
Institutions independent of government that provide perspective in times of crisis are crucial to democracy.
A close look at Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's credentials and experience as the opposition posit her role in a Liberal-National led government.
The UN Declaration of Human Rights sets standards for the protection and advancement of people, but the reality is more challenged.
Hate speech in modern society refreshes societal tensions that lead to intolerance and violence, but there are strategies to combat it.
The promotion of conspiracies and misinformation by political leaders and "experts" feeds societal polarisation and undermines democracy.
We must acknowledge the vital role that imagination plays in shaping our understanding of the world.
The incorporation of the Bible into school curricula raises ethical, educational and constitutional concerns in Oklahoma.
Chocolate is the panacea of woe, but in more recent years, I’ve found my palette appreciating much more of the citrus tones that cleanse and refresh, even if some do…
Jim Jim where is our party? where all members’re held equal an’vow t’infiltrate that thought among the people it hopes t’serve an’sets a respected road for all those like me.…
Before I launch into today’s topic I’d like to offer an apology for my long absence from Blak and Black. I have been helping a friend restore a 19th Century…
My mind has been drawn to another of Rilke’s poems – Dreaming: This my labour: crowned by desire to wander the paths of days. Then sturdied, strong, send rootlet streamers…
The National Tertiary Education Union ("NTEU") has released the findings from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander member survey ‘I’m Not Racist But … Report on Cultural Respect, Racial Discrimination,…
The Occupy Sydney protests are a bellwether of societal margination under globalised economy.
The following is a letter I received from a reader of Blak and Black and the Fiji Sun, talking about his experiences as a Pakistani/Australian living in Australia’s Capital, Canberra: Dear…