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Campuses today are more like ghost towns so how will the higher education sector adapt to the effects of coronavirus? The perfect fascist: a story of love, power and morality in Mussolini’s Italy.

Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era? Professor Wade Davis argues that the virus reveals what America has become, and even if President Donald Trump is defeated, a profoundly polarized nation may not be able to find a way forward.

Bruce Shapiro gives a preview of the Republican Convention, Sarah Posner explains why white evangelicals support Trump and James Boyce on the centuries old fight for the Fens, England's lost wetlands

Buck-passing has become the order of the day in Canberra; What the disturbing pattern of political poisonings says about Putin's Russia; The Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia.

Bougainville's election, PNG and independence; who can save the Uyghurs from genocide; is Jared Kushner Trump's most dangerous enabler?

Is it the end of the line for Alexander Lukashenko? Former British Ambassador to Belarus, Nigel Gould-Davies, assesses the situation of the man known as 'Europe's last dictator'. Claudio Saunt examines the history of Native dispossession in America. Who was the real Senator Joe McCarthy ? Louis Menand discusses the man and the myth.

Bruce Shapiro reports on the Democratic National Convention, Ian Johnson on being kicked out of China and James Ball on how Internet companies can be reined in.

Laura Tingle asks whether political lynchings should be a priority right now, and former prime minister Kevin Rudd warns that US-China tension could lead to 'hot war'.

Ian Dunt surveys the week in politics in the UK, Nina Schick warns of the proliferation of fake audio visual content and how it has serious political and social implications. French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy offers his insights on the virus and the human condition.

Bruce Shapiro brings us the latest constitutional challenge in the USA, Peter Geoghegan on the dark money in UK politics and Andrew Boe on the inequalities in the legal system.

Shocking revelations from the aged care royal commission as Australia sees the deadliest day of the pandemic; Protests rock Lebanon in the wake of the Beirut explosion; The contenders for an award celebrating misleading language.

The crisis of the 2020s before the calm, and the success story of the Falklands since the war.

Roger Pulvers asks if it was necessary to use atomic bombs to end the war — or was Japan already beaten? Rashid Khalidi observes a new era in the Palestinian struggle and explains why its focus is no longer just on a two-state solution. Former intelligence officer John Fahey discusses Australia's traitors and spies and tells the story of espionage and corruption in high places 1901-50.

Bruce Shapiro gives his analysis of President Trump's attacks on the US Postal Service, we find out about the risks and rewards of rare earth metals and what does Ernest Hemingway's correspondence reveal about him?

New measures have been introduced in Victoria to tackle the growing crisis; A new study reveals the shocking extent to which Aboriginal Australians are excluded from the water market; the truth behind 'Truth', Australia's most notorious rag.

As one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters and directors, multiple Academy award winning director, Oliver Stone has just penned the first instalment of his autobiography, "Chasing the Light".

Ian Dunt reflects on Boris Johnson's first year as PM. Guy Rundle revisits the Whitlam dismissal and the role of Governor General Sir John Kerr. New York gossip columnist Ben Widdicombe on celebrity and American culture.

In the wake of John Lewis' death, Americans seek out 'good trouble'; Irish columnist Fintan O'Toole argues that in order to move forward, America must confront the unfinished business of three wars; Max Allen surveys the long history of fermented drinks in Australia.

The Government's 'glass half full' economic outlook, Kremlin interference in the UK, and the heist of half a billion dollars' worth of squid by Chinese 'dark fleets'.

Political story telling, and the campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years to 14 years.

As New Zealand heads to a general election on September 19th, Oliver Hartwich assesses the country's COVID 19 response, its economy and politics..

We remember civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis, and discuss the Middle East wars conducted by President Trump.

For 75 years, the world has been one 'push of a button' away from nuclear war. Now, it's closer than ever.