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America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

Multiculturalism has served America well, but Donald Trump has re-energised xenophobic hostility in the land of the free.

monday 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

Multiculturalism has served America well, but Donald Trump has re-energised xenophobic hostility in the land of the free.

monday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

Multiculturalism has served America well, but Donald Trump has re-energised xenophobic hostility in the land of the free.

monday 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

America’s superpower is under siege, from its own president

Multiculturalism has served America well, but Donald Trump has re-energised xenophobic hostility in the land of the free.

monday 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

MAGA women suddenly realise they’re surrounded by misogynists

Among young men who revel in transgressive antisemitism, calls to repeal women’s right to vote have become commonplace.

10.12.2025 10

Financial Review

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s diarrhoea video was a wonderful lesson. The president wants to befoul us

On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur. But on some subconscious level he and those around him have a deep instinct for degradation.

22.10.2025 20

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s diarrhoea video was a wonderful lesson. The president wants to befoul us

On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur. But on some subconscious level he and those around him have a deep instinct for degradation.

22.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s diarrhoea video was a wonderful lesson. The president wants to befoul us

On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur. But on some subconscious level he and those around him have a deep instinct for degradation.

22.10.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s diarrhoea video was a wonderful lesson. The president wants to befoul us

On the surface, Trump longs for grandeur. But on some subconscious level he and those around him have a deep instinct for degradation.

22.10.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America

There’s nothing wrong with the film’s premise: an apparently false accusation of sexual assault on the Yale campus. But here’s why it fails.

16.10.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America

There’s nothing wrong with the film’s premise: an apparently false accusation of sexual assault on the Yale campus. But here’s why it fails.

16.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America

There’s nothing wrong with the film’s premise: an apparently false accusation of sexual assault on the Yale campus. But here’s why it fails.

16.10.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America

There’s nothing wrong with the film’s premise: an apparently false accusation of sexual assault on the Yale campus. But here’s why it fails.

16.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

A MAGA influencer tried to be a tradwife in Australia. It almost broke her

Lauren Southern moved with her husband from Canada, where she’d grown up, to Australia where, she says, she lived in near-total isolation.

15.08.2025 20

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

A MAGA influencer tried to be a tradwife in Australia. It almost broke her

Lauren Southern moved with her husband from Canada, where she’d grown up, to Australia where, she says, she lived in near-total isolation.

15.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

A MAGA influencer tried to be a tradwife in Australia. It almost broke her

Lauren Southern moved with her husband from Canada, where she’d grown up, to Australia where, she says, she lived in near-total isolation.

15.08.2025 20

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

A MAGA influencer tried to be a tradwife in Australia. It almost broke her

Lauren Southern moved with her husband from Canada, where she’d grown up, to Australia where, she says, she lived in near-total isolation.

15.08.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 20

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 20

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

The left is rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely due to horror over the massacres in Gaza and taboos around discussing them.

01.07.2025 10

Financial Review

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 20

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many finance types delude themselves about Trump?

The surprising thing isn’t the outliers who saw the Trump tariff crisis coming, but that so many on Wall Street didn’t.

08.04.2025 10

Financial Review

Michelle Goldberg