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5 Mar 2018 5 minute read

How Black Lives Matter has changed US politics

The movement fights on, writes Jamilah King.

Prof Kwame Anthony Appiah interview: Prof Appiah speaking in Sao Paulo in 2000. Fronteiras de Pensamento

26 Jan 2018 6 minute read

The blinding power of nationalism

Professor Appiah talks about nationalism, fundamentalism and identity. Interview by Andy Heintz.

Illicit crops are still the only option for farmers like Arnulfo Perdomo.

1 Jan 2018 2 minute read

War on coca farmers continues

Inside the deeply-rooted economy of cocaine production and trafficking in Colombia. Bram Ebus...

Sign pointing to the village of Hope, Derbyshire UK. Photo by: Flickr user pol sifter

22 Dec 2017 3 minute read

2017: looking for something to cheer about

As we bid farewell to 2017, Mari Marcel Thekaekara looks back at the year that was.

Democracy movement NYC Rolling Rebellion advocates for net neutrality in front of the Time Warner offices in New York City, US.

13 Dec 2017 6 minute read

‘Don’t break the 21st century nervous system’

Net neutrality repeal pulls the plug on our civic life, says Cory Doctorow.

Dolores Huerta, mobilizing farm workers in 1960s US.

1 Dec 2017 2 minute read

Our favourite films from the world in December

Dolores directed by Peter Bratt; Félicité directed and co-written by Alain Gomis....

28 Nov 2017 4 minute read

Lauri Love Extradition appeal

The British hacker will be at great risk if he loses his case, writes Ella Matthews.

6 Nov 2017 4 minute read

What to do about North Korea, Mr Trump

This crisis has a solution, writes Vanessa Baird, as Donald Trump visits Asia.

1 Nov 2017 3 minute read

The dangerous dignity of war

Why is bomb-dropping all it takes to appear presidential, Mark Engler asks.

26 Oct 2017 3 minute read

Stop shopping for Donald Trump

Rev Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir write from the road on how to break the Trump transfixion.

3 Oct 2017 4 minute read

How to deal with Trump? A sermon by Rev Billy

Rev Billy of the Stop Shopping Choir on why Trump dares us to be radical.

1 Oct 2017 3 minute read

Down with America’s racist monuments

It should not be controversial to take down statues of defenders of slavery, writes Mark Engler.

31 Aug 2017 3 minute read

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Why we need to look back at the ACT UP fight

Mark Engler revisits America’s bold fight against HIV/AIDS.

1 Sep 2017 2 minute read

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Reviewing our favourite films of the month

Quest, and In between (Bar Bahar): our monthly review of our favourite films of the month.

12 Jul 2017 3 minute read

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Donald Trump & the politics of impeachment

We should not underestimate the US president’s talent for undermining his own job security, writes Mark Engler...

2 Jun 2017 5 minute read

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Civil war, mental illness, poverty, gang violence: the many roots of homelessness

We talked to homeless in different countries and they revealed housing insecurity's different causes around the world.

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