The return of the Climate wars. India has experienced nationwide demonstrations since the introduction of Citizenship Amendment laws last December, sparking violence, deaths, mass detention, and internet blackouts. Reportedly these laws are meant to fast track citizenship for refugees fleeing into India, but they include all religions, except Islam, sparking fears it could leave millions of Muslims without citizenship. In 1882 Edward Palmer, a British archaeologist, leads an expedition into the Sinai desert. But this is no ordinary quest for historical knowledge, relics or treasure. Instead, the ill fated expedition has a hidden agenda.

John Bell's talent and passion for Shakespeare saw him found the very successful Bell Shakespeare Company 30 years ago.

Denis Muller considers the ABC's loss in the AFP raid case and what it means for journalism. Felicity Ruby assesses the risk of hosting US bases here in Australia. Peter Grose and the rollicking tale of ten rogues and how a group of convicts escape from Tasmania and head for Chile.

Bruce Shapiro on the latest from the Democratic primaries, Paul Adler on why democratic socialism is the answer and the story of a young Jewish girl who survived World War 2 in the Netherlands thanks to the courage of the Van Es family - who saved her life twice.

It's been a turbulent first parliamentary sitting of the year, Leadership tensions in the National Party, continued questions about the management of Sports grants and the the economic impact of the Coronavirus outbreak. Intelligence coup of the century: the CIA's private spying business.

Peter Riggs discusses the characteristics of time and outlines some of the latest ideas and theories about it.

Alexander Cooley on the decline of US hegemony, John Pilger on Julian Assange and Kasimir Burgess on his new documentary on Michael Leunig

Bruce Shapiro looks at the results from the New Hampshire Primary, a grim outlook for fresh water and the new book on Donald Trump - a very stable genius.

The latest on the Libyan conflict, the Irish election and the real Calamity Jane.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo addressed the parliament today to make an historic address while coal, carbon emissions and climate policy continue to confound all the political parties. How do Australia's largest corporations exert political power? Time capsules seem positively old fashioned, even ancient. But the term 'time capsule' was only invented in 1939.

A profile of the surprise likely winner of the Iowa caucuses, Pete Buttigieg and the wonderful history of some of the lost pianos of Siberia