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.

Loneliness and social isolation have become chronic issues across the world. We must resist attempts to close down meaningful human interaction, writes Husna Ara.

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution.

We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.

We cannot let the ever-expanding oil and gas industry stand in the way of urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to change.

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.

After five years of resistance, Indonesia began the construction of an international airport set to destroy the sand-dune ecosystem and houses of residents already forced out of the area, writes Pramilla Deva

Anniversary of The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

The boxer has become the butt of social media jokes, Alessio Perrone writes.

Green Border; Here.

A new study of civilizational thinking leaves no doubt as to its 19th century origins, writes Ed McNally.

Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels; Les Égarés.

Stephanie Boyd experiences new life amid grief on a night voyage in the Peruvian Amazon.

He puts his life on the line to protect the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national parks. Veronique Mistiaen talks to the dedicated conservationist.

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

Know your debt; Twin powers; Where the money flows; Household debt.

The photos, facts, and politics of Egypt.

Total AI, by Marc Roberts.