The government has pledged to ‘reform’ the way in which citizens can challenge the lawfulness of its own decisions. This should worry us all.
Ahead of presidential elections, a new protest wave in Belarus is forcing another kind of contest - over who “the people” are, and who gets to speak for them.
Many scientists say that societal collapse is now a likely outcome. We must prepare for this possibility and not deny its plausibility.
A recent scandal over a scientific article once again raises thorny issues of who produces expert knowledge - and why.
If all we do is fight, we won’t be able to forge coalitions that are broad, deep and strong enough to confront our biggest problems.
Trump’s eagerness to ‘bring our boys home’ is leaving the Afghan government with little power to resist the Taliban afterwards.
Patent enclosure by pharmaceutical giants results in many being denied life-saving treatments. It’s time for a new approach.
Suggesting that ‘the uncrowned King of Scotland’ worked to end slavery, rather to entrench it, is irresponsible revisionism and bad history.
Continued hydropower development in Georgia raises questions about sustainable infrastructure and those who support it.
Details of crucial vaccine trials should be made public, and guarantee no profiteering in future. Current reassurances don't go far enough, especially if the virus becomes endemic or needs repeat doses.
Covid-19 has become a pretext for pushing back workplace inspections in Ukraine, making the fight for decent work harder.
Just when Trump might be looking for a diversion.
