Inside Story

Books & arts Letting us in on her secret Sara Dowse 12 June 2014 Books | Best known for her undercover exposé Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich ventures into entirely different territory in her new book, writes Sara Dowse Books & arts Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you Emily Crawford 6 June 2014 Emily Crawford reviews Glenn Greenwald’s account of the Snowden affair Books & arts Labor’s history wars roll on Stephen Mills 4 June 2014 Paralysed leader or bad advice? Stephen Mills reviews a new account of the Rudd–Gillard government and what it says about the party’s future Books & arts The lack of men, the lack of reinforcement, the lack of munitions Mark Baker 3 June 2014 Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes Mark Baker

Books & arts Seduction or safety? Matthew Ricketson 5 May 2014 Writer Joe McGinniss, who died in March, became a lightning rod for criticism of the way journalists deal with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson Books & arts In the frontline of the war against boredom Andrew Dodd 24 April 2014 Andrew Dodd reviews Bob Carr’s absorbing and occasionally disturbing account of eighteen months as foreign minister Essays & reportage The remarkable persistence of power and privilege Andrew Leigh 18 April 2014 A new study finds social status rippling across the centuries Books & arts Is Iraq lost? Matthew Gray 15 April 2014 Amid deepening divisions and political corruption, northern Iraq is one glimmer of hope in this unstable country, writes Matthew Gray

Books & arts Digging into the resource curse Michael Gilding 5 March 2014 The life stories of four mining magnates illuminate where Australia’s economy is headed, writes Michael Gilding. The political and social effects could be profound Books & arts Rights and desires Susan Powell 4 March 2014 Susan Powell traces the dramatically changing landscape of adoption in Australia Books & arts Between pernicious nationalism and watery liberalism Janna Thompson 25 February 2014 In her latest book political philosopher Martha Nussbaum looks at what drives people apart and how we can bridge those divides, writes Janna Thompson Books & arts What it feels like to be a doctor Frank Bowden 24 February 2014 We need our doctors to feel, writes Frank Bowden, but not so much that they stop thinking