Features

Taxation without representation

Unwanted American citizenship brings taxation without representation

Features
‘Presstitutes’ for truth

India’s polarised politics stoke sycophantic, self-censoring media

Features
The loss of ‘Respekt’

Czech journalism flipped when communism collapsed

Features
Fare well Romania—now your heritage is secure

Transylvania’s architectural legacy survived communism. We must stop it crumbling

Features
Umberto Eco and the rise of a new fascism

How the great Italian writer foresaw ‘internet populism’

Features
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder

Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year

Features
Guilt makes fools of the exam-passing classes

White working-class boys are shamefully left behind in education

Features
The riddle of the car bomb and the lucky gambler

Investigating the assassination of a Maltese journalist has been a masterclass in legal ping-pong

Features
Malta still awaits truth and reconciliation

Features
Putinising ourselves

Worries about “fake news” miss the point. Suspicious behaviour and flimsy identities are what matter

Features