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Race, gender and the future of the Republican Party

  • Written by: Bryan Cranston, Online Lecturer in Politics, and PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
imageReuters/Jonathan Ernst

Despite popular opinion and the rhetoric of equality, the American electorate is highly divided along lines of race and gender. This makes it relatively easy to make accurate election predictions.

Examining this data and what it means can give us a relatively high degree of accuracy when forecasting election results by...

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Australia has a history of courting the Chinese gambler

  • Written by: Mark Finnane, ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of History, Griffith University
imageArtist's rendition of a raid on a Chinese gambling house, 1872.National Library of Australia via Trove, CC BY

As with a lot of business, gambling has become globalised. Australian investors and governments over history have courted high rollers – VIP clients ready to spend very large amounts of money on the gaming tables of luxury casinos....

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Housing: the hidden health intervention

  • Written by: Rebecca Bentley, Associate Professor, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
imageAround 1.3 million households receive government rent assistance.Nils Versemann/Shutterstock

Australia’s long run of “home ownership for all” appears to have ended. Smashed avocado aside, young people are now much less likely than their parents to ever own their own home. Almost one-third of the nation rents, mainly from private...

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How social media is helping Australian journalists uncover stories hidden in plain sight

  • Written by: Amanda Gearing, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology
imageJournalists with the skills to dig into social media can discover connections between key players in complex, often global stories.Mathias Rosenthal via www.shutterstock.com

Social media has revolutionised how we communicate. In this series, we look at how it has changed the media, politics, health, education and the law.


A stray social media post...

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  1. Are wind farms messing up the electricity market?
  2. Gable Tostee case: how common is death by falling?
  3. Clinton triumphs over a trio of Trumps
  4. Meet Savannasaurus, Australia's newest titanosaur
  5. Trump's claims of a conspiracy against him are undermining democracy
  6. Collapse of Australian car manufacturing will harm R D in other sectors: study
  7. Yes, you heard right: more cane toads really can help us fight cane toads
  8. Chew on this: we finally know how our jaws evolved
  9. Friday essay: why literary celebrity is a double-edged sword
  10. September brought the world's record-breaking hot streak to an end - but don't chill out
  11. Corporate climate risk is all about turning a profit, not fixing the problem
  12. Is the red wine compound resveratrol a miracle drug for infertility and ageing?
  13. Grattan on Friday: A 'game-changer' gun changes Turnbull-Abbott game
  14. Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
  15. Turnbull and Abbott in conflict over deal on sunset clause
  16. Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages
  17. In 887, Robert Lepage has built a memory palace out of theatre
  18. Cracked it! A 30-year cold case involving an egg and the mysterious Night Parrot
  19. Getting tense (about tense in fiction)
  20. Poo transplants and probiotics – does anything work to improve the health of our gut?
  21. It's complicated: Australia's relationship with eating meat
  22. Clinton and Trump meet in final presidential debate: experts respond
  23. Protection, not public shaming, is the way forward for child offenders
  24. Explainer: what is carpal tunnel syndrome and what happens if I get it?
  25. Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
  26. Design in the 'hybrid city': DIY meets platform urbanism in Dhaka's informal settlements
  27. Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy
  28. The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
  29. Where the action really is: control of the Senate, and the Supreme Court
  30. Respectful relationships education isn't about activating a gender war
  31. Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they're deeply flawed
  32. Western Australia's economic future remains uncertain after the mining boom: study
  33. Differences on liberalism provide Asia's latest faultline
  34. Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
  35. Why the silence on climate in the US presidential debates?
  36. Zika and Ebola had a much worse effect on women: we need more research to address this in future
  37. Leyonhjelm will look for another trade off for ABCC support if government won't play on gun
  38. Race to the White House – opinion polls, Clinton's campaign, and the third debate
  39. Crown: the trials of a tributary state
  40. APRA take the easy road out with risk culture
  41. Finding the right model for Indonesia's oil and gas management
  42. Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM's science prizes
  43. Weekly Dose: multiple sclerosis drug fingolimod comes from fungus Chinese medicine calls 'eternal youth'
  44. FactCheck: Have average out-of-pocket costs for GP visits risen almost 20% under the Coalition?
  45. Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia's coastal towns
  46. Apple Pay dispute may mean less opportunity to pay with your mobile
  47. Why motion capture performances deserve an Oscar
  48. The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
  49. Explainer: what is the Adler shotgun? And should restrictions on it be lifted?
  50. Babies born to overweight mothers more likely to get age-related diseases sooner

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