Machines; The Other Side of Hope: what should be on your watchlist this month.
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New Internationalist's picks for films of the month
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 503
- 14 Jun 2017
India's ‘Smart City’ plan stumbles over slums
India’s $15 billion grand project to transform cities into models of tech and infrastructural innovation is already in trouble. Nimisha Jaiswal investigates
- Nimisha Jaiswal
- Issue 503
- 12 Jun 2017
Homelessness – the facts
Everything you need to know about homelessness, from this month’s magazine.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 503
- 9 Jun 2017
How do you break the homelessness cycle?
Sian Griffiths reports on a no-nonsense movement which is reshaping traditional solutions to chronic homelessness
- Sian Griffiths
- Issue 503
- 8 Jun 2017
Domestic violence: victims are left on their own in Pakistan
The lack of laws is leading to a scary rise in domestic violence in some of Pakistan’s provinces, writes Mahwish Qayyum
- Mahwish Qayyum
- Web
- 7 Jun 2017
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
Blogs
An interminable trial for tweeting – when will it end?
Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was arrested 365 days ago for tweets against the war in Yemen, and his 13th hearing of his endless trial is tomorrow, writes Sophie Baggott.
- Sophie Baggott
- 13 Jun 2017
UK general elections: the result viewed by an outsider
Indian writer Mari Marcel Thekaekara was in Britain during the elections, and writes her impression of campaigns and results.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 9 Jun 2017
Corbyn’s achievement sends us a rare, resounding message: hope
As May forms an unholy alliance with the DUP, there is a sense that a movement has been born, writes Jamie Kelsey-Fry.
- Jamie Kelsey-Fry
- 9 Jun 2017
The earth just moved…
In the wake of the election results, Chris Brazier reflects on a momentous night in British politics.
- Chris Brazier
- 9 Jun 2017
UK General Election: Youth #votingforhope
Young people don’t vote, we’re told. It’s time for you to prove them wrong, writes Jim Cranshaw.
- Jim Cranshaw
- 7 Jun 2017
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