A new space race is set to worsen global inequality and extend conflict. We need to return to seeing space as a place for all humankind, argues Nick Dowson.

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.

Britain’s general election saw the rightwing Conservatives swept out – and a huge majority for Labour. But the shallowness of the victorious party’s support points to an existential threat to dominant parties across the world, argues Conrad Landin.

Can South Africa ever fully shake off the shackles of apartheid? Conrad Landin asks whether the country’s historic genocide case against Israel could lead to a reckoning at home.

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.

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.

Alessio Perrone writes how Islamophobia is driving a wedge between love and secular values.

Resistance is rising in the UK as the company behind the controversial energy-extraction process known as fracking gears up for a return to action.

When Rashid first arrived in Cambodia, he warned other Nauru detainees not to come.

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

Days of Love and Rage; Pharma Monopoly; The Villain’s Dance; Wilderness of Mirrors.

Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band; Nuevos Ríos.

A bold feminist campaign turned a whistle into a protest against street harassment. Maya Misikir tells their story.

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

Richard Swift takes aim at Sava Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar, once friends but now foes at the pinnacle of violent South Sudanese politics.

Rising demand; Where from?; Big dirty business; Real needs?

The photos, facts, and politics of Iran.

The triumph of evil, by Kate Evans.