Tokyo 2020: The Covid Olympics
The New Statesman's coverage of the world's first pandemic Games since 1920.
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How failure on Covid-19 has exposed the dangerous delusion of “Fortress Australia”
The country’s complacency on vaccines reflected the false belief that it could cut itself off from the world.
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Misplaced outrage and the Great Barrier Reef
When a Unesco draft report recommended the natural wonder be added to the World Heritage Committee’s “in danger” listing, the Australian…
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Sleater-Kinney are at their energetic best on Path of Wellness
The band are down to a twosome – but their new record is fuelled by the heavy-but-bright sound they excel…
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2021’s Covid-19 recovery risks excluding developing economies
Unequal vaccine distribution and stimulus support are creating a “walled garden” for the rich world.
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New data: The pandemic will set back global development by a decade
Once the pandemic is taken into account, goals such as the eradication of poverty will only be fulfilled by 2092.
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Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty: a tense study of an illegal immigrant in Australia
The Booker Prize winner once again shows how powerfully he can probe the outer limits of dignity and agency for angry…
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Survey: US and UK publics are most pessimistic about their governments’ responses to Covid-19
A Pew Research Centre poll of 14 countries shows that nations hit hardest by Covid-19 are more likely to judge…
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