Rising costs, Covid-19 and austerity have pushed too many countries – and households – into unmanageable debt. Amy Hall asks how we got here, and finds a movement shaking off the stigma of debt and getting organized.

How can we prevent an unjust transition? As the clean economy gets into gear, Nick Dowson asks whether a market-focused, subsidies-led approach will just mean more of the same.

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

Can we create a world where we don’t turn to police and prisons for justice? Amy Hall explores the movement offering a different vision for the future.

Starting from the revelations of a global pandemic, Dinyar Godrej looks into the possible futures of work.

More fragile than we thought, liberal democracy seems to be under attack from many sides. Are these death throes – or growing pains? Vanessa Baird explores.

The story of Radio Inzamba, daring to report on human rights abuses, told by Giedre Steikunaite.

Report from South-East Asia

A breath of fresher air; Hope in sight; Frack off, say Scots.

If Only I Could Hibernate; Tomorrow’s Freedom.

A new history of pro-Zionist pressure is strongest in its simplicity, writes Rob Norman.

Delight; If I Must Die and other works.

Stephanie Boyd reports from a remote village in the Peruvian Amazon, where ways of life are changing with modern times – but ancient traditions live on.

A profile of Afghan campaigner for women’s education and rights Jamila Afghani, who started by persuading the imams. Beena Nadeem talks to the unassuming trailblazer

Ego? Tick. Money? Tick. Power-hungry? Tick. A disaster for the world? Tick.

Inflation, poverty and hunger, debt, profit and inequality.

The photos, facts, and politics of Mauritius.

Practical acts of compassion, connection, solidarity, and resistance. Illustration by Kate Evans.