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A bee-friendly path to a healthier future
In Italy, organic farmers are helping to keep pollinators – and crops – flourishing.
- Daniela Frechero, Monica Pelliccia and Adelina Zarlenga
- Web
- 2 Feb 2017
What is behind Brazil’s prison crisis?
Overcrowding and violence between warring drug gangs have led to the deaths of over 130 prisoners this year, reports Ciara Long.
- Ciara Long
- Web
- 30 Jan 2017
Will Breitbart's 'alt-right' news work in Germany?
The website has a huge following in the US, but anti hate speech laws may hinder its German success, explains Gouri Sharma.
- Gouri Sharma
- Web
- 27 Jan 2017
Israel: Calls to stop demolitions intensify after teacher's death
Is Benjamin Netanyahu using the destruction of Arab homes and villages as a distraction from corruption claims? Noreen Sadik reports.
- Noreen Sadik
- Web
- 27 Jan 2017
Little insects, big impact
By introducing bee hives to their fields, Indian farmers are improving productivity – and lives.
- Daniela Frechero, Monica Pelliccia, Adelina Zarlenga and Andrea Lucio
- Web
- 25 Jan 2017
My Daily Mail badge of honour
Chris Coltrane on how to be hated by the Daily Mail.
- Chris Coltrane
- Issue 499
- 25 Jan 2017
Blogs
Homeless in a city of empty properties
News of squatters in a Russian oligarch’s London house gives Mari Marcel Thekaekara pause for thought.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 2 Feb 2017
Let’s stop pussyfooting. Trump’s presidency = fascism
Are we too scared to use the f-word? asks Vanessa Baird.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Feb 2017
The true cost of shrimp
Global trade of this luxury commodity ignores the true human and environmental impact, writes Brototi Roy.
- Brototi Roy
- 30 Jan 2017
Don’t praise Trump for the defeat of TPP
It is good that the toxic Trans Pacific Partnership is dead, but it is unions and campaigners we should thank, argues Nick Dearden.
- Nick Dearden
- 26 Jan 2017
How to hit tax dodgers where it hurts, at a local level
The Tax Justice Network Taxcast takes on public procurement, Brexit threats, criminal dodges and tax evader crackdowns.
- Naomi Fowler
- 26 Jan 2017
Can Lonmin wash its hands of Marikana’s blood?
Bishop Johannes Seoka takes the mining company to task, nearly five years after the massacre.
- Johannes Seoka
- 25 Jan 2017