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.
Repealing S377A, National Day Rally highlights, updated mask-wearing restrictions, BeReal photo app, and more.
As another year passes, the question is less about whether we can see others, but about whether we can make people feel seen.
By conflating protectionism with traditional workplace discrimination, we risk creating a watered-down law that fails to address the real discrimination faced by people from from marginalised groups.
Bloomberg News interviews DPM Wong, Progressive Wage Model, homeless in Singapore, SeptFest 2022, and more.
The nation as a concept is so new and limited. For most of recorded history people tended to identify with their city, town or village first. To cherish the Singapore of “Saint Jack” opens up a different kind of belonging.
The invasion of Ukraine appears to have validated the old guard’s hawkish instincts. Yet it also offers Singaporeans a chance to interrogate our contemporary notions of home, community and enemy.



