Here’s a cover version by Katie Crutchfield (aka Waxahatchee) of one of that album’s key songs. For all of its superficial prettiness, “Where’s Your Love Now” is really an angry, resentful, ...

Does National really want to devote itself to keeping the Luxon balloon aloft until November? Talking through clenched teeth can be so stressful. The centre right is not normally known for tolerating ...

The recently infamous “I’m the CEO/ Your job is the Prime Minister” exchange between Christopher Luxon and Tova O’Brien should be a defining moment in Luxon’s downward trajectory as the leader of the ...

In stark contrast, Trump sent J.D. Vance, his friend the real estate tycoon Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. None of them have any background in diplomacy or in the details of the ...

Alas, those glossy numbers have since faded, particularly after Covid, and since the war in Ukraine began. By raiding the pension funds to repay the country’s debt, Orban has left many older ...

Oil prices are still rising amid fears that Iran may be laying mines in the Straits of Hormuz. The initial market confidence that the US would speedily bring this war to a happy conclusion has all but ...

Initially, the under 16s ban promoted a false sense of security. As a consequence, Masnick argues, it has reduced the political pressure to enact measures that might actually improve teens’ social ...

At this point, fans of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are rare birds indeed. Safe to say, if the National Party does swallow hard and go the distance this year with Luxon in the top job, it will ...

So hard to pick and choose but the $2.9 billion tax break for landlords still stands out as the coalition government’s most abject surrender to […] Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Leadership ...

The Chinese Embassy is right. The recent joint statement by Australia and New Zealand condemning China’s actions in the South China Sea reads like a relic from a bygone colonial era. A weirdly ...

So hard to pick and choose but the $2.9 billion tax break for landlords still stands out as the coalition government’s most abject surrender to corporate interests. That indefensible handout should ...