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Profit over the planet: A care-based economy would do the opposite. ZHANG KAIYV/UNSPLASH

30 Nov 2020 6 minute read

Embedding the economy – with care

Richard Swift examines the deep roots of the market economy’s failures. Time for a radical rethink.

27 Nov 2020 4 minute read

Uyghur poet Abduweli Ayup: ‘I had no choice but to flee’

Uyghur poet and teacher Abduweli Ayup talks to Jan-Peter Westad about language, cultural...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak jettisoned the UK's pledge to retain the UK's 0.7 per cent foreign aid commitment this week. Credit: Andrew Parsons

27 Nov 2020 5 minute read

Don’t just defend aid – make it just

Britain’s aid budget cut is the act of a callous government. But we must re-think aid if we’re to turn the tide, writes...

26 Nov 2020 4 minute read

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...

Albertina is 15 and the oldest of three sisters. When her mother died she took over responsibility for raising her younger siblings. Now she wants to become a nurse. CHRIS DE BODE/PANOS

23 Nov 2020 10 minute read

The hidden debt of care

It’s essential work yet it is undervalued across the world. Amy Hall makes the case for putting care front...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a press conference on 16 March, with Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris Witty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. Picture by Andrew Parsons

20 Nov 2020 4 minute read

UK’s military spending boost will make the world more dangerous

Boris Johnson announces billions for the defence industry, peanuts for climate action and nothing to tackle child poverty,...

Dannenröder Forest occupation pictured in August 2020. Credit: Leonhard Lenz

19 Nov 2020 5 minute read

Enforcing ecological catastrophe at all costs

After an activist is hospitalized in Germany following police action, Andrea Brock reflects on the...

The Union of Land Workers (UTT) and other associations convened a greengrocer in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 10, 2020 in support of the measure of the National Government to increase the retention of soybeans to the largest producers and in rejection of the unemployment of the field. Photo by Carol Smiljan/NurPhoto

17 Nov 2020 6 minute read

9 inspiring food-aid projects

Emergency relief can be done in ways that go beyond sticking-plaster solutions. Frideswide O’Neill and...

17 Nov 2020 3 minute read

With Trump’s defeat, Bolsonaro loses his imaginary friend

Bolsonaro’s desperate pledges to Trumpism have not paid off, argues Leonardo Sakamoto.

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

16 Nov 2020 5 minute read

Care not cops

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

President of Peru Martín Vizcarra, prior to swearing in his cabinet in 2018. WikiCommons

12 Nov 2020 4 minute read

A ‘coup’ in Peru

John Crabtree reports on the shock ousting of ‘anti-corruption’ president Martín Vizcarra.

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10 Nov 2020 1 minute read

6 Nov 2020 3 minute read

Agony uncle: Should I date a centrist?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...