The country’s first headcount of street children is complete. Now the government must act, says Gabriella Jozwiak.
Death by spider - deforestation in Pakistan
A strange phenomenon is a new danger for already depleted forests.
A harsh winter for China's discontented
Shuang Gho on the plight of those who dare to complain against abuses by the authorities.
Is the European Union damaging to democratic rights?
Read two opposing arguments and join the debate.
Magazine
Iowa: Republican for a day
Attending the state caucuses makes for an uncomfortable, but fascinating, day out, as Mark Engler discovers.
- Mark Engler
- Web
- 5 Jan 2012
Death by spider: deforestation in Pakistan
A strange phenomenon is worsening an already dire situation for the country’s trees, says Syed Hamad Ali.
- Syed Hamad Ali
- Web
- 4 Jan 2012
Can Zambia stand up to China?
Many Zambians feel that the flood of money from China has done nothing to improve their lives, as Andrew Bowman reports.
- Andrew Bowman
- Web
- 2 Jan 2012
Film review: We Were Here
A compassionate and inspiring film about the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco.
- Malcolm Lewis
- Issue 448
- 30 Dec 2011
Arms trade infographic
The ‘war on terror’ saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and figures…
- Dinyar Godrej
- Issue 448
- 28 Dec 2011
Book review: Who Killed Hammarskjöld?
Fifty years after the UN Secretary-General’s death, are we any closer to the truth?
- Peter Whittaker
- Issue 448
- 27 Dec 2011
Blogs
Chevron found guilty in Ecuador… again
But it won’t be long before they come up with another excuse, says Mike G from the Rainforest Action Network.
- Mike G
- 5 Jan 2012
Best of the web: most read 2011
Just in case you missed them, the top 10 New Internationalist blogs and features of 2011.
- Xanna Ward-Dixon
- 3 Jan 2012
Christmas in a devastated land
This year, 25 December was about survival, not celebration, for the people of northern Mindanao in the Philippines, says Iris Gonzales.
- Iris Gonzales
- 4 Jan 2012
Podcast: Mark Schuller on Haiti after the earthquake
Mark Schuller, an expert on the relief effort after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, talks about the positive and negative aspects of NGO relief work in the two years since.
- Mark Schuller
- 3 Jan 2012
A harsh winter for China’s discontented
Complainants against abuses by Chinese authorities are forced to sleep rough in sub-zero temperatures and those that help them are harassed by police, reports Shuang Gao.
- Shuang Gao
- 21 Dec 2011
The Arctic will burn
Predicting the effects of global warming is never easy, says Zoe Cormier. But the signs are not good.
- Zoe Cormier
- 21 Dec 2011
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