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.
You may not know them by name, but by the time you get up, turn on a device or have your first cup of tea, you will have engaged with multiple critical minerals.
...We have Donald Trump to ‘thank’ for putting critical minerals so vividly on the world map of naked greed and ruthless opportunism.
Anyone who had not heard of them before – and rare earth elements, a sub-section of said minerals – may well associate them forever more with the...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
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.
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.
Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?
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.
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.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
Residents from a coastal village in the Gambia are suing a Chinese-owned fishmeal plant accused of pollution, writes Nosmot Gbadamosi.
The Kurdish freedom movement has called for a boycott of Turkish goods and services. Sarah Wood reports.
Downtrodden workers have been ignored in France’s rush to a cultural partnership with the building of the UAE’s new Louvre gallery. Yohann Koshy reports.
The North Will Rise Again; Scattered; A Mouth Full of Salt; A Mouth Full of Salt.
Stephanie Boyd reports from a remote village in the Peruvian Amazon, where ways of life are changing with modern times – but ancient traditions live on.
Nick Dowson speaks with an indigenous lawyer and campaigner fighting a gas pipeline in Mexico.
Saudi Arabia’s King-in-waiting – and his aggressive foreign policy – is put under the spotlight.
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