As Singapore accelerates its ambitions to become a global AI hub, conversations around artificial intelligence are often framed through innovation and economic growth. In this commentary, Jayvier Chua asks a different question: who ultimately benefits? Examining AI through the lens of capitalism and wealth inequality, he argues that the voices most affected by technological change are too often left out of the conversation.

Singapore's underground PMD community is often reduced to viral speeding clips, police operations, and illegally modified bikes. But behind the handlebars are teenagers with far more complicated stories. Through interviews with young riders and official enforcement data, this article explores why the subculture continues to thrive, and what it reveals about youth, belonging, and public perception in Singapore.

In this conversation, Professor Kenneth Paul Tan reflects on Singapore’s changing national narrative, examining how ideas such as meritocracy, pragmatism, success, and survival have shaped the country’s social compact. Through a discussion of national branding, inequality, lived experience, and civic imagination, the article explores the widening gap between Singapore’s polished global image and the more complex realities experienced by those who live within it.

In this conversation, Victor Ho from The SAFE U Initiative reflects on dignity, suffering, suicide prevention, and why meaningful mental health support begins not with labels, but with seeing the person behind the distress.

As Singapore marks World Refugee Day 2026, we speak with Advocates for Refugees Singapore (AFR-SG) about displacement, public understanding, and the challenge of making distant humanitarian issues more visible within Singaporean society.

In this conversation, author and artist Sonny Liew reflects on the role of art, ambiguity, and visual storytelling in shaping how people understand public narratives. Through a discussion of counter-narratives, historical memory, misinformation, and the limits of certainty, the article explores how storytelling can challenge dominant accounts while still demanding research, skepticism, and responsibility from both artists and audiences.

Photo: ItsRainingRaincoats Community Engagement & Events With a S$1.7 billion price tag, Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport exemplifies the opulence that is commonly associated with Singapore. Gilded steel arches swoop from the crystalline glass ceiling to the floor where thousands of passengers shuffle along newly installed escalators towards their next destination. Among the travelers, however, are cohorts of men preparing to join Singapore's ever-growing population of over 1

In Singapore, the death penalty for drug offences is framed as protection — a hard but necessary line drawn in defence of families and social order. But what happens when punishment becomes synonymous with justice? In this conversation, journalist and human rights advocate Kirsten Han examines how the language of “war,” deterrence, and security shapes the way Singapore talks about drugs — narrowing moral imagination, sidelining structural realities, and redefining who is wor

An interview with social worker Derek Lim examining how homelessness persists in Singapore, challenging narratives of progress, inclusion, and economic success.

An introductory reflection on the language of “perfect,” media framing, and the selective attention that shapes how Singaporean society is understood.