Issue 527 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
September-October 2020
Covid-19: Lessons from the pandemic
It's hard to talk of any good that might come of the collective tragedy of Covid-19. But it has taught us important lessons on almost every topic you care to mention – equality, health, ecology, democracy, economics, surveillance, food security... Will we seize the moment to take note?
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Introducing...Lazarus Chakwera
Richard Swift on the theologian-president promising to stamp out nepotism and corruption in Malawian politics.
Beyond borders
A global pandemic demands we think in terms of global health, not vaccine nationalism, argues Dinyar Godrej.
Lessons from the pandemic
How can we transform the calamity that has befallen us and create healing? Vanessa Baird on the change we can be.
Why Indian outrage over Black Lives Matter rings hollow
Anti-blackness is still a galvanizing force in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
Hall of infamy: Iván Duque Márquez
Colombian technocrat Iván Duque Márquez is not exactly a fan of peace.
On the pink corridor
How trans women in Honduras are helping their imprisoned sisters. Frauke Decoodt reports from Tegucigalpa.
In times of Covid-19, black people die twice in Brazil
Leonardo Sakamoto reflects on the police killing of João Pedro Matos Pinto, a 14-year-old black boy, and one of many Brazilian...
A green recovery
Jake Woodier on the climate activists challenging corporate bailouts for the world’s polluters
Can I criticize fast fashion without sounding ‘out of touch’?
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...