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Manny Pacquiao is well known for his prowess in the boxing ring, but he is also an elected representative in the Philippine senate. The boxer was recently shown cross-examining witnesses in a televised inquiry investigating the killing of an arrested mayor.
As Anna Cristina Pertierra writes, celebrities are often the only people who can generate enough momentum to get elected in a system dominated by dynastic families. And that has serious consequences for democracy.
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Anna Cristina Pertierra, Western Sydney University
Politics is a world for which show business celebrities are perfectly adapted and their predominance in the Philippines offers a glimpse of what televisual populism could look like in other countries.
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Health + Medicine
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Eric Delaporte, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
One year after the end of the West African Ebola epidemic, a study of survivors in Guinea shows what has been learned about the deadly virus, and what remains unknown.
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Politics + Society
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Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham
It's not the end of Brexit but parliament could give the government a rough ride.
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Arts + Culture
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Claire Smith, Flinders University; Jordan Ralph, Flinders University; Kellie Pollard, Flinders University
How might an Aboriginal person in the Northern Territory experience racism? There are many material signs that can make a person feel excluded from society.
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Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, University of Texas at Tyler
The sheer number of top African footballers playing in foreign leagues is one of the most notable trends of the current Africa Cup of Nations tournament. It has an impact on the African game too.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Whittle, Manchester Metropolitan University
Ridiculed and ignored in 2016, what can the 'dismal science' offer us now?
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Science + Technology
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Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The best way to protect a presidential device is to keep it off the internet altogether. If that's not going to happen, how else can such a sensitive gadget be kept safe?
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