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Making space

Making space

Cuba is inching towards a free media and political choice - or is it? asks Vanessa Baird.
Bombing the Middle East, again: three questions

Bombing the Middle East, again: three questions

Dan Smith has some thought-provoking answers.
Twin concerns in commercial surrogacy

Twin concerns in commercial surrogacy

We need better laws to protect both sides in the rent-a-womb industry, argues Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
The most dangerous job in the world

The most dangerous job in the world

Lydia James talks to Syrian Civil Defense volunteers about their work, the risks and their motivation.
How to militarize your local police

How to militarize your local police

Mark Engler voices alarm over the US police force's 'warrior mentality'.
Kashmiris rise up in the fight against the flood

Kashmiris rise up in the fight against the flood

In the face of state inertia, the people of Srinagar have taken matters into their own hands. Uzma Falak reports.

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Bombing in the Middle East again: three easy questions

Dan Smith provides some thought-provoking answers.

Making space

Cuba is inching towards a free media and political choice - or is it? Vanessa Baird takes a closer look.

The most dangerous job in the world

Lydia James talks to Syrian Civil Defense volunteers about their work, the risks and their motivation.

How to militarize your local police

Mark Engler voices alarm over the US police force’s ‘warrior mentality’.

PHOTO ESSAY: Hong Kong’s democratic dreamers

Priyanka Boghani explores a new side of the city she grew up in, as its streets fill with protesters.

Syria’s gardens of death

Lebanese artist Tania el-Khoury speaks to Cristiana Moisescu about her newest project, an art installation at the Birmingham Fierce Festival.

What happens when ISIS comes home

Dr Akil Awan looks into the possible outcomes in store for returning Jihadists. Is de-radicalization possible?

Blogs

Evo pulls it off, again...

A resounding election win for Bolivia’s indigenous and anti-neoliberalist president. John Crabtree reports.

Twin concerns in commercial surrogacy

We need better laws to protect both sides in the rent-a-womb industry, argues Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

London mums evicted – but not beaten

The fight for housing justice in the capital will continue, says Liam Barrington-Bush.

Prepare for the worst, African farmers told

Climate change threatens food security but, Henry Owino discovers, adaptation is already underway.

Kashmiris rise up in the fight against the floods

In the face of state inertia, Kashmiris have taken matters into their own hands. Uzma Falak reports.

Terrorism craves an audience and we are playing into Islamic State’s hands by watching

Dr Akil Awan decries the media’s collusion with the Islamic State.

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