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Thought leaders challenge the status quo and see the world as it should be rather than stopping at what it is. Ideas define and shape our world. Often, what gets onto mainstream media are mere shadows and distortions of the ideas that powered events. Now, undiluted, hear from the experts and newsmakers themselves - the people who are helping shape the ideas that move our world. Note: these do not reflect the views of Rappler.

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Why we don’t endorse candidates

by  Marites Dañguilan Vitug  on  May 06, 2013

Entering the political fray by telling people whom to vote for puts the credibility of the news organization at risk

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Are we truly a secular society?

by  Marites Dañguilan Vitug  on  May 03, 2013

The Constitution says we are. But in practice, we are not.

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Lessons from Henry Sy and Vice Ganda

by  Cesar Purisima  on  May 01, 2013

If you commit to these lessons, you will be productive, satisfied, and clear in conscience – precisely the kind of...

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Double standard in the Philippines

by  Edsel Tupaz  on  April 29, 2013

The petition against the Guardian raises novel questions; it's the first time a claim has been raised presenting a...

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An even more exclusive Senate?

by  Ronald U. Mendoza, Ph.D./AIM Policy Center  on  April 27, 2013

In the last two weeks before the elections, voters still have a chance to make the Senate much more inclusive

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1,000 days to MDGs deadline; options for PH

by  Luiza Carvalho  on  April 26, 2013

The momentum that the MDGs created when the Millennium Declaration was signed is going for a final push

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Bear witness

by  Marites Dañguilan Vitug  on  April 24, 2013

Investigative reporters in the US are upbeat about the future of their work and craft

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From Chechnya to Boston: How the threat spreads

by  Maria Ressa  on  April 23, 2013

Gone are the days of direct links and centralized commands. It's a bottom-up peer-networked world – each small cell...

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From ‘ground war’ to ‘air war’

by  Marites Dañguilan Vitug  on  April 22, 2013

With restrictions on TV ads lifted by the Supreme Court, will sorties lose primacy in the campaign?

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Boston bombings: When terrorism is a click away

by  Maria Ressa  on  April 21, 2013

Handsome young men with hatred in their hearts, fanned and fuelled by the Internet

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