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Cueca dancers celebrate the indigenous Aymara culture of the Andes – but in modern garb – as a carnaval parade gets under way in Arica, Chile. JEFFREY ISAAC GREENBERG 20+/ALAMY

8 Dec 2021 7 minute read

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Living well

Richard Swift on why we need to stop chasing the dream of full employment and focus on what really matters...

Economic migrants from rural areas at work on a construction site in Nairobi, Kenya. Such jobs are usually temporary, sometimes just a day’s labour. NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/ALAMY

6 Dec 2021 12 minute read

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The squeeze on workers

To ensure a fairer future we will need to tackle business as usual, says Dinyar Godrej.

29 Nov 2021 17 minute read

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Lloyd’s of London’s debt

What would be the cost of reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and ongoing support of fossil fuels? Sahar...

19 Nov 2021 5 minute read

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‘Fortress conservation’ is driving us from our homes

Pranab Doley, an Indigenous activist from the Mising people, condemns the militarization of the...

Patel (pictured) has sought to add a provision to her bill that would grant border force staff ‘immunity’ for any migrant deaths during ‘turnaround tactics’ – where officers force small boats back into French waters.

18 Nov 2021 6 minute read

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Contempt for migrants is being enshrined into British law

Offshore detention facilities, redefining the category of ‘refugee’ and legal exemptions for border guards. If allowed to...

An illustration of a person with long hair writes the word volunteer on a blackboard

5 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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Should I keep quiet about my niece's voluntourism?

As their inexperienced family member plans a teaching trip to Ghana, a reader turns to our Agony Uncle for advice.

Fighting on all fronts. Samela, a 23-year-old activist from the Association of the Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women in Manaus, Amazonas in Brazil, co-ordinates the production of protective face masks.RAPHAEL ALVES/IMF/CREATIVE COMMONS

21 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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Let the people protect the forests

Want to restore and protect the world's forests? Then uphold the rights of the people who live in them, says Danny...

16 Jun 2021 6 minute read

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The kids are not alright

Joe Ballesteros investigates the pandemic-compounded crisis in educational provision for England’s most...

11 Jun 2021 6 minute read

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Is homeschooling socially harmful?

Does being educated at home limit or enrich children’s experiences? Lindsey T Powell and Cheryl...

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an environmental activist

16 Feb 2021 3 minute read

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‘Indigenous people respect all species’

An interview with environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.

A 'Women United Against Bolsonaro' solidarity demonstration in London, 2018. Credit: Esdras Beleza/Flickr

11 Feb 2021 3 minute read

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View from Brazil

While Argentina wins abortion rights, in Brazil even a pregnant 10-year-old is threatened and coerced to give birth, writes...

Nour Sokhon by Myriam Boulos

27 Jan 2021 3 minute read

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Spotlight: Tse Tse Fly Middle East

Louise Gray turns her attention to the anti-slavery musical activism of Tse Tse Fly Middle East.

Following the police killing of George Floyd, 300 people gather outside the Minnesota capitol building to demand reparations from the United States government for years of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, redlining, ​and violence against black people from police in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 19, 2020. Credit: Fibonacci Blue

14 Dec 2020 7 minute read

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Reparations – an idea whose time has come?

Does a racially just future need to include reparations for transatlantic slavery or is that a distraction from achieving...

26 Nov 2020 4 minute read

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Keeping the world cared for

From dealing with Covid-19, to finding inventive ways to make ends meet, three workers from the Philippines, Trinidad and...

Defiantly demanding change in Brooklyn, New York. SAANYA ALI/MAJORITY WORLD

16 Nov 2020 5 minute read

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Care not cops

Amy Hall on why defunding police departments could be the most caring thing to do.

Photo: Fifaliana-Joy/Pixabay

24 Sep 2020 3 minute read

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Kids locked up

Amy Hall speaks to the campaigners leading the call against childhood incarceration of Aboriginal and...

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