Illustration: Sarah John

In the balance

Sophie Neiman reports from a stifling court in Kampala, where activists are waging a bitter legal battle to overturn Uganda’s harsh anti-gay law.

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NI 548 - South Africa 30 years later - March, 2024
Illustration: Sarah John

Searching for the people from the river

Stephanie Boyd goes on a mission up the Amazon River to find the gateway of the Kukama peoples’ spirit world.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

The Storyteller

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.

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NI 545 - Decolonize now - September, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

A journey through time

Stephanie Boyd experiences new life amid grief on a night voyage in the Peruvian Amazon.

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NI 544 - Palestine - July, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

A voice from beneath the river

Stephanie Boyd reports from the Peruvian Amazon, where Indigenous communities are fighting to save their language.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

Until we meet again

Stephanie Boyd on a beautiful farewell in Peru’s southern Andes.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

A new beginning

Stephanie Boyd opens her series from Peru in a remote Amazonian village, where a little human miracle arrives

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NI 541 - The cost of living crisis - January, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

Festive heat

The run-up to Buenos Aires’ midsummer Christmas is when society can begin to buckle – and come together. Virginia Tognola captures the mixed mood of the season.

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NI 540 - Land rights - November, 2022
Illustration: Sarah John

Setting off and returning

A visit to her family home leads Virginia Tognola to reflect on her life’s journey

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NI 539 - Railways - September, 2022
Illustration: Sarah John

Cheers to us

Her first job as a penniless university student has a special place in Virginia Tognola’s memories.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Illustration: Sarah John

The big blackout

Being forced to go without electricity sparks thoughts about living differently for Virginia Tognola.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022
Illustration: Sarah John

Taking back the streets

How do you protest against discrimination? With dancing and song among other things, observes Virginia Tognola.

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NI 536 - Abolition - March, 2022
Illustration: Sarah John

Something in the air

Virginia Tognola begins her series from the Argentinian capital with a reflection on the strange nature of security in the big city.

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NI 535 - Romani lives matter - January, 2022
Illustration: Sarah John

A fine kettle of fish

In her Letter from Manila Iris Gonzales visits Manila’s largest fish port, where the effects of an international dispute are playing out.

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NI 534 - The future of work - November, 2021
Illustration: Sarah John

Vaccine hopes and fears

Iris Gonzales delves into some of the reasons why the vaccine rollout in her country is encountering drag.

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NI 533 - Food justice: who gets to eat? - September, 2021
Illustration: Sarah John

A bloody business

Iris Gonzales reflects on a violent national obsession that has only grown under coronavirus restrictions.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
Illustration: Sarah John

When we bury the truth

Iris Gonzales reflects on the human cost of the state’s war against its critics.

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NI 531 - Vaccine equality - May, 2021
Illustration: Sarah John

Holding out for a hero

Why do Filipinos get so starry-eyed when choosing their leaders? wonders Iris Gonzales.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Illustration: Sarah John

A homecoming

Iris Gonzales joins a repatriation flight bringing home Filipino workers – a bittersweet rite of passage.

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NI 529 - The biodiversity emergency - January, 2021
Illustration: Sarah John

The city inside you

Letter from Johannesburg. Yewande Omotoso ponders how belonging to a city goes beyond the bald fact of living in it.

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NI 528 - A caring economy - November, 2020

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
South Africa 30 years later March, 2024
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Decolonize now September, 2023
Palestine July, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
The cost of living crisis January, 2023
Land rights November, 2022
Railways September, 2022
Rivers of life July, 2022
How we stop big oil May, 2022
Abolition March, 2022
Romani lives matter January, 2022
The future of work November, 2021
Food justice: who gets to eat? September, 2021
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
Vaccine equality May, 2021
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
The biodiversity emergency January, 2021
A caring economy November, 2020
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