Dr Clayton Chin

Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Politics & Society

What a mixed-race presidential candidate means for America’s diversity

This US election is no longer a contest between ‘two old white men’, and the implications for American politics and identity could not be more profound

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Politics & Society

What we know about politics after 2021

The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic had a tangible impact on global democracy – but what is 2022 likely to have in store for us?

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Health & Medicine

Part 2: Things we know at the end of 2020

From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very different year. So what do we know at the end of 2020 that we had absolutely no clue about before?

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Politics & Society

The battle for the racial future of America

Race is a dividing line between US progressives and conservatives, and in the build-up to the presidential election, views around racial division have never been so far apart

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Politics & Society

Why immigration wasn’t an issue in Canada’s election

Bipartisanship on immigration in Canada reflects explicit support for multiculturalism when in Australia it is more a reflection of unease

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