The lack of laws is leading to a scary rise in domestic violence in some of Pakistan’s provinces, writes Mahwish Qayyum
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UK General Election: Why Theresa May’s approach to social mobility is incoherent
Simon Chandler analyses the Tory manifesto and May’s speeches, and explains why their efforts to tackle inequality are a facade
- Simon Chandler
- Web
- 5 Jun 2017
Finding home: Lack of affordable housing is a crisis across the West
With house prices and rents soaring, can there be a remedy to homelessness? Wayne Ellwood investigates.
- Wayne Ellwood
- Issue 503
- 2 Jun 2017
And Finally: Jason Williamson
Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson talks to Graeme Green about anger, politics and anti-singing.
- Graeme Green
- Issue 502
- 31 May 2017
Southern Exposure
Iqbal Hossein photographs Rohingya refugees, and hears their harrowing experiences.
- Iqbal Hossein
- Issue 502
- 30 May 2017
Making Waves: how Catherine Shovlin is bringing a sense of community to a refugee camp
A radio soap opera is bridging social gaps in Azraq refugee camp. Florence Derrick meets its champion.
- Florence Derrick
- Issue 502
- 26 May 2017
Mixed media: music reviews
Mogoya by Oumou Sangaré; The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda by Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda: our music reviews of the month.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 502
- 25 May 2017
Blogs
UK General Election: Security means nothing without freedom
Prime Minister Theresa May doesn’t just put UK citizens at risk, but actively undermines the tools that maintain and expand our rights as citizens, writes Tom King.
- Tom King
- 6 Jun 2017
Power Shift: from a politics of persecution to solidarity
A new generation of social movement builders shows that democracy will continue beyond Britain’s 8 June General Election, write Chris Jarvis and Harpreet Kaur Paul.
- Chris Jarvis and Harpreet Kaur Paul
- 6 Jun 2017
‘Fora Temer’: is it the end for Brazil’s president and neoliberalism champ?
Do not despair if you don’t have a grip on Brazil’s huge scandal. Julia Spatuzzi Felmanas argues nothing could have worked after the ousting of Dilma Rousseff.
- Mariana T Noviello
- 5 Jun 2017
UK General Election: Why disabled people oppose the Tories
Seven long years of Tory austerity cuts and their relentless attacks on disabled people is enough, writes Linda Burnip.
- Linda Burnip
- 1 Jun 2017
The Manchester bombing and the battle for peace
It’s hard to speak the truth when grief and anger are at their peak, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 31 May 2017
Turning dictatorships into democracies: Lessons from Gandhi
Nurturing the authority of an approved centralized, omnipresent government can exacerbate instability through mistrust and unfitting policy, argues Tej Parikh.
- Tej Parikh
- 26 May 2017