In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?

They are touted as our way out of climate chaos and essential for making the things we use, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Vanessa Baird sets out to investigate critical minerals – and the rush to get them.

This is not your land. After the defeat of a 2023 referendum on the inclusion of a First Nations Voice in parliament, Zoe Holman traces the claims to self-determination made by Indigenous peoples in Australia, culminating in today’s rallying call for Treaty.

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.

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

On every continent, the railways are experiencing a renaissance. But what will it take to reshape them in the interests of people? Conrad Landin investigates.

The Kurdish freedom movement has called for a boycott of Turkish goods and services. Sarah Wood reports.

Update on a large-scale dam in the AmazonTom Lawson.

Happy families; Radio, live transmission; Eat your greens.

To a Land Unknown; The Fire Inside.

A social historian interrogates racialized capitalism amid the mysteries of the steamship. By Michael Muir.

Uli Costa e Sandália de Prata; Evil Plan.

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

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

Brazil’s oldest president – and architect of his predecessor’s downfall – is put under the spotlight.

Who has what? Nukenomics, toxic testing, and atomic opinions.

The photos, facts, and politics of Indonesia.

Trickle down politics, by Marc Roberts.