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

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 need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of this basic principle. Dinyar Godrej ventures into the maelstrom.

Can we create a world where we don’t turn to police and prisons for justice? Amy Hall explores the movement offering a different vision for the future.

Starting from the revelations of a global pandemic, Dinyar Godrej looks into the possible futures of work.

Why is a nutritious superfood being routed away from poor communities to feed salmon, pigs and pets? Hazel Healy investigates.

Whatever his shortcomings, Ramaphosa is probably the last chance for the older generation of ANC leadership to make good on long-promised equality and justice, Richard Swift writes.

A highland welcome; Rhino forensics; Good sex in Rwanda.

Update from France by Claire Fauset.

Two to One; Julie Keeps Quiet.

Safety Through Solidarity; We Need To Talk About Climate; The Newsmongers; World Without End.

The Invisible Road; Shetland Suite.

Amid arrests, harassment and violence, Sophie Neiman reflects on the plight of journalists in Uganda.

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

The president of the Philippines he may be, but his reputation is as a Dirty Harry of vigilante politics.

Action, and further reading on Decolonization.

The photos, facts, and politics of Bermuda.

Trump, by Marc Roberts.