Pope Francis is likely to be an improvement on Benedict, despite his contradictions writes Mark Engler.
Filed in: Argentina Latin America Religion
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Pope Francis is likely to be an improvement on Benedict, despite his contradictions writes Mark Engler.
Filed in: Argentina Latin America Religion
Steps forward, steps back - what effect have 40 years of development had?
Filed in: Development (Aid)
The answer may not be a straight-forward no, even if the odds are stacked against it, says Mark Engler.
Filed in: Religion
Julia Buxton tracks a political journey leftwards – from admirer of Tony Blair to ‘fiery populist’ and champion of the Venezuelan poor.
Filed in: Latin America Politics Venezuela
The Ethiopian-born, US-based songwriter tells us about her inspirations and her earliest musical memory.
Filed in: Ethiopia Music United States
If the war on poverty is to be won, a second front must be opened – in the rich world.
Filed in: Poverty
The founding editor of the New Internationalist, Peter Adamson, looks at how the world has changed since the magazine started – and argues for a new push against inequality.
Filed in: Development (Aid)
The Iranian women’s rights activist on what she has been doing since she was featured in our March 2007 issue.
Filed in: Human Rights Iran Women
From direct deals with farmers to guerrilla parks and suicide prevention, Alexandra Saliba documents grassroots solutions to the financial crisis.
Filed in: Greece
The children of today will inherit the world of tomorrow. But what kind of environment do they want?
Filed in: Australia Children India Sierra Leone Society United States
The notion of integrating women into development has become a cliché, monotonously repeated at every international gathering since the 1975 Women’s Conference in Mexico. But what, if anything, does it mean? And what should it mean? By Maggie Black.
Filed in: Features
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.