TV Echo Chambers and Political Polarisation
Fourth Estate New research has found that TV audiences in the United States tended to have…
American Politics
US of Ed: Biden’s First 100 Days
"Everything was there that he's promised, not just with another promise but with a course of…
Bots meddling in elections and ‘the megaphone effect’
In the digital age most of us have social media, with that can come random fake…
Bleeding Purple: A Divided America
The electoral maps of the 1980, 1984 and 1988 elections look starkly different to 2020's. In…
Is The US Still The World’s Biggest Superpower?
The United States has long been an influential country, put on the pedestal of the ‘American…
Sydney Writers Festival Trigger Warnings
Jeff Sparrow is an Australian author, journalist and broadcaster who follows the world of politics. It’s…
Compulsory Voting: Australia vs. America
In Australia, we often take our political situation for granted however we are one of the…
US of Ed: Pettiness and petulance rule the White House
"Donald Trump is on a long holiday inside the White House... the government is on autopilot."…
What the Trump/Cohen Saga Spells Out for America
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer to American President Donald Trump has recently changed his tune in…
Jeremy Heiman’s New Power
Jeremy Heimans is the co-founder of community organising sites GetUp and Avaaz.org, and he is the…
Weekend Warrior with Anthony Dockrill
This weekend saw the death of Australian cricket. After Cameron Bancroft and other senior members of…
US of Ed: Another one bites the dust, Rex routed, who’s next?
"[The White House] is the worst place on the planet to work, you don't know who's…