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.

Could the threat of nuclear war be closer than ever? Amy Hall explores how we got here and the pathways out of the crisis.

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.

People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.

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.

A new far-right Israeli government’s meddling with the supreme court has Jewish citizens up in arms. But the shredded freedoms of the Palestinian people under Israel’s thumb are still off the table. Zoe Holman looks at how the so-called ‘peace process’ has allowed Israel to deepen its colonial project and regime of control over Palestinian lives.

Phil Miller on fearing for Muslim communities in Sri Lanka.

A record number of people lost their lives in UK immigration detention centres in 2017, writes Felix Bazalgette.

Zuma’s trial is just one symptom of South Africa’s problems, Neil Thompson reports.

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

Why Christian should be Leftists; Landscape with Landscape; Big Kiss, Bye-Bye; Notes From a Lost Country.

Album No. 1; Ma Gitala.

Mariam Barghouti opens her series from Ramallah by examining the Palestinian city’s coffee boom – and what it says about life under occupation.

The Indian human rights defender who stopped a mining giant in its tracks speaks with Veronique Mistiaen.

The chocolate king of the Ukraine.

Membership, election year, and party types around the world.

The photos, facts, and politics of Armenia.

Trust, by Marc Roberts.