The Underground Network Helping Gazan Refugees Survive in Egypt The Underground Network Helping Gazan Refugees Survive in Egypt
A patchwork of volunteer-run mutual aid organizations has sprung up to tackle the severe problems facing people fleeing genocide.
Dec 9, 2024 / Amba Guerguerian
We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making
What today’s conflicts are doing to the children trapped by them.
Oct 28, 2024 / Nick Turse
Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways
Zambia is just one of several nations experiencing a new type of colonialism, this time with a green capitalist veneer.
Oct 17, 2024 / Joshua Frank
Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War? Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War?
The group’s appeal is only growing since its recent expansion, but it must now deal with a world on the brink.
Oct 15, 2024 / Sarang Shidore
What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa? What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa?
The longtime advocate for Katangese rights recently disappeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His friends fear for his life.
Oct 1, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos
The Mpox Outbreak Is a Damning Indictment of the Global Health System The Mpox Outbreak Is a Damning Indictment of the Global Health System
The inequalities and injustices in our medical infrastructure have made the outbreak so much worse than it could have been.
Sep 6, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
The War in Sudan Is Causing Mass Starvation The War in Sudan Is Causing Mass Starvation
If we don’t start paying a lot more attention to it soon—as in right now—it’s going to be too late.
Aug 9, 2024 / Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox
How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program
Microfinance has been touted as a miracle cure for poverty in the global south. The reality has been a lot messier.
Jul 15, 2024 / Feature / Mara Kardas-Nelson
Who Will Govern South Africa? Who Will Govern South Africa?
The era of ANC hegemony is over, and Jacob Zuma’s new party is threatening violence if he’s not welcomed into the government.
Jun 4, 2024 / Benjamin Fogel
In the Face of Broad Disillusionment, the ANC Makes a Big Push to Gain Majority Support in South Africa’s Election In the Face of Broad Disillusionment, the ANC Makes a Big Push to Gain Majority Support in South Africa’s Election
For the first time since the end of apartheid, the party may be forced into a coalition government. Decades of broken promises have left many former supporters disillusioned.
May 29, 2024 / Louis Freedberg