It’s not that Singaporeans don’t want to have kids—what they don't have is a life shaped to fit one right now.
What's impostor syndrome like for young hawkers? Millennials taking on the mantle are tired of the constant comparisons to ...
"We need systems that effectively prevent such violations and protect workers when they occur—not only when a case becomes large or public enough." ...
That was more than a decade ago. Yet her anecdote, shared at a recent RICE dialogue with fellow former NMPs Anthea Ong, Laurence Lien and Chandra Mohan Nair, still resonates today. 35 years after the ...
We think that GE2025 is defined by just one number: 65.57 percent. An all-too-familiar result, an all-too-familiar parliament, and an all-too-familiar political landscape? Not quite. GE2025 ushered in ...
I am an ‘average’ Singaporean. I’ve lived in Ang Mo Kio for 20-plus years, in an upgraded 3-room flat, 15 minutes from the closest MRT. Rain or shine, I spend 90% of my time in flip-flops, much to the ...
In December last year, I was returning home from Yio Chu Kang swimming pool when I saw something which took my breath away: a brand new covered walkway. Not any regular ol’ covered walkway, but a ...
This is the first piece in a series on Jalan Kukoh’s rental housing situation. Through an exploration of people and public policy, the series attempts to help us understand how the poor in Singapore ...
Renée Ting was barely 19 years old in 2011 when she first got the call telling her that she was hired at BooksActually. To the quiet teenager, the bookstore was her escape from the volatility of home.
Angela’s young adulthood brought a heartbreaking reality: losing both parents to cancer. She recalls her caregiving journey, navigating a role reversal many millennials quietly share—the parents who ...
Singapore is often seen as a model of religious harmony. Yet quiet stereotypes and unspoken tensions linger, shaping how we see—and don’t see—one another. In collaboration with the Beyond Beliefs ...
Beneath the polished image of Singapore’s legal sector, many young lawyers are quietly exiting the field, citing reasons like burnout, shifting life goals, and generational clashes in work culture.