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Popular hockey shows are imagining a more inclusive sport. But recent controversies show how difficult it is to change hockey culture.
Why have diversity initiatives in the professions had only limited success?
Women make up one in three researchers worldwide, but they remain sidelined in scientific organisations.
Greenland has long been attractive to filmmakers. But now Greenlanders are shaping that process, even as visibility also becomes an economic strategy.
Polls indicate majority support for abortion rights in most states, but laws differ greatly between places that uphold such rights and those that ban the procedure.
Emerald Fennell’s film is not interested in the racial commentary many critics have found in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
Tanzania’s October 29 protests were framed as an electoral dispute. Research links them to a deeper crisis of blocked adulthood among young people.
In dozens of states, an increasing number of legislative seats are going completely uncontested by one of the two major parties.
Democracies thrive on adapting and changing to new injustices and problems. The failure of the Voice referendum raises questions about Australia’s democratic health.
Nearly three-quarters of tourism professors are white, a recent analysis found, and nearly half are white men.
Scientists have traditionally focused on educating the public on science or correcting misinformation. But researchers from marginalized communities often have broader goals in science communication.
Politicians get blamed for government shutdowns. But does the fault lie also with citizens, who are more invested in punishing partisan rivals than in demanding competent government?
A study of more than 1,600 books suggests that book ban advocates may not look past the cover art.
Rosé, who grew up in Melbourne, reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart with Apt. late last year – becoming the first solo K-pop female artist to do so.
Mattel’s new Barbie comes equipped with an insulin pump and wears a continuous glucose monitor on her arm.
The funny and heartwarming new film is already a box office hit.
Activists without ‘lived experience’ can feel unsure of their place.
Members of parliaments across Africa face regular accusations of being unrepresentative of their constituents.
In one example, an AI image generator produced an image of what was meant to be an elderly First Nations man – in a traditional Papuan headdress.
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