A transgressive movement, borne of liberation from state surveillance and market structures, somehow survives in one of the world’s capitalist and paternalist meccas.
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PAP MPs call for inheritance tax; the latest from Parliament; the coolest Nobel Prize for Physics; workplace contretemps; and more.
We disagree with the government’s decision to bring charges against the death penalty abolitionists and pro-Palestine activists last month.
Jom's history editor Faris Joraimi walks us through a cityscape radiant with the sights and sounds of a shared multicultural and archipelagic heritage, and posits how we might find relation through identity and assimilation beyond the limits of nationhood.
The end of the daily-wage worker, Singapore most expensive city again, philanthropic giving, Singapore Art Week, Ohmyhome going public, and more.
A poem from Jonathan Chan's first poetry collection “going home”.
While we cheer repeal, Jom worries about the usurping of democratic norms, the infiltration of religion into the politics of a secular state, and the ignorance of the bounds of free speech. Only two MPs can hold their heads high.
Christopher de Souza found guilty, two Raffles’ banded langurs found dead, 2022 Cultural Medallion winners, new protections for gig workers, and more.
Hong Lim Park is at once a space for seeking identity, making speeches, forming memories, affirming equality, and at its core, a simple patch of green for recreational purposes. How has it stood the ravages of time as a place for sketching and imprinting self and nationhood?
