Imagery generated by artificial intelligence has become the beloved aesthetic of today’s dictators, argues Decca Muldowney. A robust media is needed to combat misinformation and its miseries.
It was a freezing cold day in St Paul, Minnesota, when Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and ordained minister, was taken away in handcuffs by federal a...
You can ask an AI chatbot anything from the best gift for a relative who has everything to the ‘perfect’ chocolate brownie recipe. A response is available 24/7.
But there are darker sides to this technology.
In September 2025, Adam Raine, a 16-year-old from California, ended his life after several months of...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?
The modern failures of the United Nations are not an aberration – but a product of its imperial roots, argues Conrad Landin. So how can we create a functioning system for global co-operation?
People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.
Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.
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.
We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case for collective action to secure a just future.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
East-African campaigners are warning Brexit may hit some Global South economies by harming their ability to export to Britain – a key market for some. Nick Dowson reports
The Future of Travel; Joyful Revolution; Benbecula; The Taste of Lightning.
Mariam Barghouti opens her series from Ramallah by examining the Palestinian city’s coffee boom – and what it says about life under occupation.
Sian Griffiths meets a 10-year-old who is already a veteran transgender activist.
Political Power; Hate Watch; Law and Order; Conspiracy Machine.