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Argentina’s big squeeze
Why is hunger growing in a country known as an agricultural powerhouse? Amy Booth reports from Buenos Aires.
View from Brazil
Leonardo Sakamoto on the war against indigenous people.
We can’t grow our way out of poverty
In an era of planet-wide ecological breakdown, the conventional wisdom of the growth model is crashing to an end. Jason Hickel lays it on the line
For a few cents more
The globalized garment industry is as ruthless as they come, creaming off huge profits while paying workers a pittance. Trade unionist Anannya Bhattacharjee speaks to Dinyar Godrej about the surprisingly small – yet vehemently resisted – changes needed for a living wage.
Can cash hand-outs cure poverty?
Vanessa Martina Silva considers the track record of Brazil’s flagship Bolsa Família, the world’s largest conditional cash transfer scheme.
Who’s the thief?
Tax havens in the Global North enable the systematic looting of the Global South. John Christensen explains how their activities impoverish the world.
A brief history of impoverishment
Poverty between – and within – nations doesn’t just exist. It is created and needs constant maintenance.
Poverty: shut out
Poverty is not down to chance or bad choices. It’s hard wired into a deeply unequal economic system. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Dinyar Godrej.
Mixed media: music
Louise Gray and Malcolm Lewis weigh up the eclectic sounds of Wild Wild East and the Karen Dalton Archives.
Mixed media: film
Malcolm Lewis on the latest in alternative cinema.
The radical book review
Jo Lateu, Peter Whittaker, and JP O’Malley on the latest releases in Left publishing.
What if we got our attention back?
Vanessa Baird makes the case for being true to our brains.
Race and the city
Yewande Omotoso reflects on why no-nonsense Johannesburg is the place that suits her best.
Should I let my daughter pursue ‘girlish’ glamour?
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.
Saving rivers, saving lives
An epic struggle has been playing out between islanders defending their land, rivers and livelihoods and the Malaysian government’s vision of ‘development’.
Spotlight: Kyla Simone Bruce
Migration, identity, gender – Subi Shah tackles the big issues with filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce.
Confessions of a frequent flyer
Nanjala Nyabola on making amends for high-carbon lifestyles.
Varanasi’s secular dream
Nilanjana Bhowmick observes tolerance in India’s most holy city.
Hall of infamy: Luis Almagro
Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, shows off some nifty moves.
A brutal blasphemy verdict
Another prisoner of conscience falls victim to Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws.
Democracy in peril in Bolivia
Amy Booth on reports on why Bolivia's upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair.