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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Report from Argentina by Anna Galkina

Is Palau's marine reserve as good as it sounds – or a route to luxury tourism?

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

A new study of transgender experiences finds both diversity and common ground. By Jennie Kermode.

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

In a city where change is displacing homes and histories, Maya Misikir finds a sense of community growing in unexpected places.

The Philippines’ maverick environmentalist fighting the powerful mining industry, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen.

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

Components, budget, and the peacekeepers of the United Nations.

The photos, facts, and politics of Benin.

We have to stop climate change, by P J Polyp.