Culture & Media

A viral video of a five-month-old baby crying for his mother, while being told by his father that she does not exist. A haunting starting point for a deeper look at commercial surrogacy and same-sex parenting.

When a professional athlete is waived not for a lack of competence or physical readiness, but for articulating a traditional moral framework, the institution has stopped being a neutral judge of excellence. It has...

Euthanasia is sold as compassion, but it's killing by another name. Singapore must choose dignity through care, not convenience through death.

Think kids just need love? We explain why every child has a right to their mum and dad, and why it matters.

Think marriage doesn’t matter? We’re already seeing what happens when it's destroyed, and how we all end up paying for it.

Think having kids is a burden? You’re not alone. But what if freedom means embracing limits, not avoiding them?

After online activists targeted Fullerton Hotel over an Israel-linked charity dinner, the venue cancelled the long-running event. What does this mean for free expression and civic norms in Singapore?

What happens when national media trades objectivity for advocacy? In Singapore, LGBT coverage has shifted from observation to endorsement. By framing contested identities as settled truths, the press isn’t just informing what we think about, it’s reshaping how we think about it.