Issue 450 of New Internationalist

March 2012

Time for a fair economy

Unfulfilled promises may come back to haunt Obama this election year, says Mark Engler.

Libby Powell reflects on last year's International Womens Day when women took to the streets of Egypt to fight for their rights.

Both inequality and economic instability are growing. How deep does the connection go? wonders Vanessa Baird.

New columnist Lauri Kubuitsile introduces dry and dusty Mahalapye- a town that has stolen her heart.

Life has changed on the 'island paradise'- but foreign investment is not all it's cracked up to be. Jamie James looks beyond the...

The artists from hip-hop group Foreign Beggars on street-rooted storytelling and why they won't dumb down their music.

Our superb new columnist, comedian and writer Josie Long, on her political awakening and not having a smock.

On the International Day Against Police Brutality, Nick Harvey looks back on a busy year for out-of-control officers.

They say that US investment bank Goldman Sachs runs the world. Kenneth Haar investigates just how it's wrapping its tentacles...

What can African migrant workers do when faced with rising unemployment and racism in Europe? Sarah Babiker reports from Spain...

Right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy and palliative medicine professor Ilora Finlay go head-to-head - read their arguments and...