Abortion

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone trace the secret history of abortion bans in the US and link the legacies of reproductive oppression and racial injustice.

Laws and Policies; Maternal Mortality; Policing Pregnancy; Everyday Abortions; The Opposition.

Anti-abortion campaigners have their sights set on Ethiopia – a progressive outlier in a region marred by restrictions. Who’s behind the emboldened ‘pro-life’ movement and what’s at stake for women’s rights amid a myriad of other challenges? Bethany Rielly, Maxine Betteridge-Moes and Maya Misikir report from Addis Ababa.

Words: Bethany Rielly.

As Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei hovers a chainsaw over abortion rights, feminists are mobilizing to defend the landmark 2020 law. Natalie Alcoba reports.

Activists in countries where abortion is heavily restricted are providing pills, information and support to help people end unwanted pregnancies outside of medical settings and on the margins of the law. These networks have evolved into a transnational feminist movement for self-managed abortion and are paving the way for liberation, writes Naomi Braine.

Action, and further reading on abortion.

Palestine’s poets, novelists, musicians and journalists have not only voiced their people’s liberation struggle but also driven it. Decca Muldowney charts their role in resisting annihilation and imagining a free Palestine

The C word, by Nilanjana Bhowmick.

Taking a stand to end FGM. By Rosebell Kagumire.

The Death of Marielle. By Leonardo Sakamoto.

India’s rightwing have successfully incorporated the promotion of alternative medicine into their nationalist politics, but at what cost, asks Yusra Khan.

Report on the multi-prong crisis sweeping Haiti, by Harold Isaac.

Report from Armenia by Omar Hamed Beato.

Report from Bangladesh by Piyas Biswas.

Have a nice wage; South african construction disaster; Outlawed in hong kong; Australia makes no bones; Saudi’s new normalization deal; Murdered sikh activist; Displacement camp targetted.

Report on activist arrests in Egypt, by Lara Gibson.

Report on the destruction in Gaza, by Zoe Holman.

Report on the UN and The Congo, by Amy Hall.

Report on the people smuggling trial in Trapani, by Ben Cowles.

Senegal’s new President.

Report from Kenya, by Lara Gibson.

Report on cyberscam compounds in Myanmar, by Kayleigh Long.

Cheap(er) drugs; Payday; Stork sisters.

Praise, blame and all points in between? Give us your feedback.

From Uganda to Mozambique, Sophie Neiman follows the trail of destruction of oil and gas.

‘2024 Paris Olympics’ by Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands).

Hamas under the bed, by Zoe Holman.

"Justice for Rana Plaza victims", photo by Mamunur Rashid.

Michelle Kinsey Bruns and Gianna Meola tell the story of a women-led movement to resist anti-abortion terrorism.

The photos, facts, and politics of Albania.

Fatima Hassan took on South Africa’s AIDS denialism – and won. Later, she turned her attention to ‘vaccine apartheid’ in the Covid-19 pandemic. Conrad Landin meets her in Cape Town.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Total AI, by Marc Roberts.

Climate lawsuits take off. Words – Danny Chivers.

Moral compas, by P J Polyp.

Democracy. Illustration by Kate Evans.

Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces leaders Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.

Making a Movement; Left Alone; Our Island Stories; Purity.

Green Border; Here.

No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin; Ukouk: Round Singing of the Ainu 2012-2024.

Britain’s economy crashed, its Queen died – but Liz Truss is back. Clara Hill read her book so you don't have to.

Highlights from the 2024 Toronto Festival, reviewed by Richard Swift.

UK-based Singaporean artist Jack Ky Tan. Words by Maria Howard.