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Kill City Face-to-face with Sydney’s gay-bashing gangs
Four years of horror stories – investigations of murders and assaults of homosexual men from Bondi to the Northern Beaches and beyond.
Warm and Fuzzy Cops A Letter from New York
For years, the NYPD reached out to the community by stopping and frisking them. Now they are embracing a whole new tactic, listening and talking.
Jim Morrison: Breaking on through Ghosts in The Machine
Meaning shifts in the space between life and death.
Your Name In Lights Some first-hand experiences and advice from a woman in Australian music
“Women in Australian music can no longer be erased from the history books.”
David Bowie: When I live my dream Ghosts in The Machine
See you next time David.
Closing Rikers Island: A victim of falling crime rates A Letter from New York
Rikers Island has been called the “byword for brutality”. Now, the jail is being closed.
Children Unplug poetry
C’mon now kid just put down the tablet, come out with your head up, check out the sky.
Why Sydney’s Suburbs Need a Dog Poo Fairy Disaster from below
For when you've put your foot in it...
The Story of Beatriz Exploitation of migrant workers in Sydney’s local suburbs
Beatriz* migrated illegally to Australia so she could send money back to her family in the Philippines. There, you have to pay the hospital a deposit before they will treat you. In Australia, Beatriz doesn’t have Medicare – when she needed an operation, friends helped her find a discreet doctor, and she paid in cash.
Gordon Donaldson Newtown Street Poet in Action
“You gotta let it flow. You’ve got no time to think. I’m just picking up on the energy.”
War Machine The unwinnable story
It's hard to make sense of war – its chaos.
Boon Cafe Instant karma in the city
“We were the weird kids. Everyone wanted to see what we were having for lunch, so they could tease us for the rest of lunchtime."