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Stretching your ringgit: A pre-budget analysis

Thirty-year-old marketing executive Johan’s life hasn’t changed since Prime Minister Najib Razak rolled out BN’s “big is better” Budget …

Grasshoppers vs giants

Is your constituency a grasshopper or a giant? Not all votes in Malaysia are created equal. Some constituencies, though …

Insecurity is the heart of racism – Hannah Yeoh

When Subang Jaya State Assemblywoman Hannah Yeoh and her husband Ramachandran Muniandy decided to register their newborn daughter as …

I am Malay. I am also Chinese. – Zairil Khir Johari

Elusive, mythical, wishful – call it what you will, but Zairil Khir Johari firmly believes that there is such …

Embrace our differences – Gobind Singh Deo

If left unchecked, the current divide between races will be an impediment to achieving Bangsa Malaysia, says MP for …

“Neither masters nor slaves” – Chong Chieng Jen

Despite 48 years of nationhood, the ugly spectre of racism is still unable to be purged. Sarawak DAP Secretary …

The face that launched a thousand protests

By Chung Hosanna  Among all the photographs taken during the Bersih 2.0 rally, one stands out. In it, a …

The day when Malaysia held its breath – July 09, 2011

by Eugene Fong Eng Ping After weeks of arrests and intimidation by the government to play down Bersih 2.0, …

Bersihlah Negaraku

by Lee Ee May My Bersih fight started not on 709. It started a week earlier, as I sat …

I forgot to bring the teargas canister back

by Justin Low Jian Shin 08.07.2011. Dad called. “Son, where are you? Stay at home alright ok? Store some …