Massive foreign debts and an impoverished population are intensifying age-old conflicts over natural resources in this multicultural nation, writes Amy Booth.
Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen explain how Finland has come to be so equal, peaceful and happy– and sketch out the lessons we might learn from its example.
Amy Hall speaks to Marcia Rigg of the United Families and Friends Campaign about the impact of deaths in state custody and how families in the UK have been fighting for justice.
Jo Lateu, Peter Whittaker, Vanessa Baird review Solved by Andrew Wear; Artemisia by Anna Banti; Becoming Kim Jong-Un by Jung H Pak; A Silent Fury by Yuri Herrera.
This Covid-19 crisis is not the ultimate leveller. Just like the financial crash of 2008, it is producing winners and losers. Husna Rizvi presents a round-up of the lesser known stories of social abandonment unfolding.
Popular wisdom has it that everything is speeding up, including population growth. Danny Dorling shows just how wrong that is – and argues that we are actually in a time of slowdown. A tour of future population prospects for key hotspots
Governments are increasingly using surveillance and big data to track immigrants. Gaby del Valle reports from the US, where activists are trying to hold data-mining firm Palantir to account.
As alarming, anti-democratic measures are aimed at Palestine solidarity activists in the UK and beyond, New Internationalist speaks to Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement.
In Rocinha, the largest favela in Brazil and one of the largest in Latin America, a makeshift museum is painting a proud record of its social struggles.