What is the Wagner Group?
The Russian paramilitary organization has played an active part in the Ukraine war and left bloody footprints across the globe.
Hunger: the facts
A data dive into global trends explores how rising malnourishment co-exists with overabundance and waste.
‘Young people in our country need care and support to thrive’
Flavia Mutamutega, Rwanda’s sole agony aunt for adolescent girls, tells Veronique Mistiaen about the problems that preoccupy them.
Introducing...Lazarus Chakwera
Richard Swift on the theologian-president promising to stamp out nepotism and corruption in Malawian politics.
Why Indian outrage over Black Lives Matter rings hollow
Anti-blackness is still a galvanizing force in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
Criminalizing hunger
In Chile, state security forces are increasingly detaining, beating and harassing the volunteers of community-led soup kitchens. Carole Concha Bell speaks to the organizers resisting this intimidation.
A brief history of impoverishment
Poverty between – and within – nations doesn’t just exist. It is created and needs constant maintenance.
Who is Matteo Salvini?
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s ‘refugee drowner-in-chief’, is put under the spotlight.
In Ukraine, COVID-19 is a threat multiplier
Frank Martin and Eric Fritz – of the Ukrainian humanitarian organization Right to Protection – examine how coronavirus is set to make things worse for pensioners and displaced people.
Recording climate catastrophe
Louise Gray on sonic journalism, a novel way of recording the decline of the natural world.
The storm which Netanyahu unleashed
With mounting corruption charges to his name, Israel’s Prime Minister is benefiting from militarized, brutal distractions in Gaza. Adam Keller writes.
A brutal blasphemy verdict
Another prisoner of conscience falls victim to Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws.
Globalization and extremism – join the dots
Insecure people can be highly susceptible to false narratives purporting to explain their precarious situation, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge.
Don’t call the Essex 39 a ‘tragedy’
The British state is complicit in their deaths, argues Jun Pang.
Negotiating a just retreat from rising seas
As cities begin planning for coastal erosion, relocating residents has paved the way for land grabs, forced evictions and a new wave of climate-driven gentrification. Jennifer Johnson reports.
Settlers displace West Bank Bedouins amid Israel’s Gaza attack
Under the cover of Israel’s attack on Gaza, armed settlers and soldiers are erasing entire Bedouin villages in the West Bank. Tom Anderson reports.
Lethal heat has taken hold in the Global South
Tom Matthews explains why European heatwaves pale in comparison to climate impacts elsewhere.
Will the rich escape climate apocalypse?
The billionaire class are preparing for doomsday. Only problem is, the rest of us aren’t invited. Tom Whyman explains.
I was wrong about Extinction Rebellion. This is why.
The labour movement and environmentalists need each other, says Isaac Rose.
‘Little Africa’ in China
Guangzhou is home to Asia’s largest African migrant population, who come to China chasing business opportunities, reputable universities and low living costs. Carlotta Dotto reports.
Ours not to reason why?
When the body bags reach the relatives, the biggest question remains, ‘Why?’ Mari Marcel Thekaekara writes about the senselessness of war.
Why I protested a British Museum exhibition of my own people’s history
Yasmin Younis explains why she protested against a British Museum exhibition of her own people’s history.
