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.
It was a freezing cold day in St Paul, Minnesota, when Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and ordained minister, was taken away in handcuffs by federal a...
You can ask an AI chatbot anything from the best gift for a relative who has everything to the ‘perfect’ chocolate brownie recipe. A response is available 24/7.
But there are darker sides to this technology.
In September 2025, Adam Raine, a 16-year-old from California, ended his life after several months of...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
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.
In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?
People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.
Although far from a modern phenomenon, the potency and complexity of misinformation has increased in the digital age. To tackle it, we need a systemic response that goes further than debunking one lie at a time, argues Nanjala Nyabola.
The global trend towards liberalizing abortion is being overshadowed by a newly emboldened anti-rights movement that wants to erode bodily autonomy. Bethany Rielly learns how feminist movements are organizing to put abortion back in the hands of the people – and keep it there.
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 selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
The election on 1 April gave Carlos Alvarado Quesada’s National Action Party (PAN) more than 60 per cent of the vote and makes him one of the under-40 club of victors in presidential elections (France, New Zealand and Iceland).
Why Christian should be Leftists; Landscape with Landscape; Big Kiss, Bye-Bye; Notes From a Lost Country.
Ritu Khurana - aka DJ Ritu - cult DJ who co-founded Kuch Kuch Nights and LGBTQ+ Club Kali. Words by Subi Shah
In a city where change is displacing homes and histories, Maya Misikir finds a sense of community growing in unexpected places.
The untiring campaigner and guardian of the deep, Claire Nouvian, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen about the transformative experience that led to her choosing her path – on to eventual victory.
Richard Swift takes aim at Sava Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar, once friends but now foes at the pinnacle of violent South Sudanese politics.
Membership, election year, and party types around the world.
Sander Feinberg and Summer McClinton uncover a family history of the Hungarian Resistance