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Articles about Currents, ordered by date. 
Killer tunes?
From Chicago drill to narcocorridos, a new report argues that blaming music for gun crime obscures the deeper injustices – poverty, racism and weak gun laws – that pull the trigger. Amy Hall reports.
Briefly
Patagonia in flames; Unlikely allies; Catch me if you can; ‘Vegas-ification’ of Gaza; Journalism under fire; Freedom for the Filton.
Kurds Betrayed
After years as Washington’s frontline ally against Isis, Syria’s Kurds find themselves abandoned to a resurgent central state and a former jihadist now recast as president. Zac Larkham reports.
Temple Under Siege
Half a century after US bombs fell on Cambodia, nationalist brinkmanship has reignited a border war with Thailand, driving civilians from their homes and reducing Preah Vihear’s ancient stones to rubble. Rodrigo Rosales reports.
Reasons to be Cheerful
Healthy starts; Post office payout; The big red apple.
Biafra’s struggle
As Nigeria cracks down on pro-Biafra protests, arrests and police violence are reviving a long-suppressed struggle over marginalization, memory and self-determination in the South East. Report by Adetokunbo Abiola.
Hiding to survive
As Malaysia tightens detention operations, Rohingya genocide survivors are being driven into hiding, treated as criminals rather than protected as refugees. Report by Rohim Ullah.
Introducing... Catherine Connolly
Ireland’s new president Catherine Connolly, a socialist independent with a record of principled dissent at home and abroad, has united a fractured left and unsettled the political establishment.
Rights reversed
As Canada criminalizes Indigenous land defence in the name of growth and trade, hard-won rights are being quietly rolled back. Report by Changiz M Varzi.
Storms and siege
Hurricane Melissa spared Haiti a direct hit, but in a country hollowed out by gang rule and state collapse, even a glancing blow proved deadly. Report by Harold Isaac.
Deadly precedent
As Kyrgyzstan flirts with restoring the death penalty, activists warn that political expediency is trumping justice – and setting a perilous precedent for rights across the region. Report by Gabriella Jozwiak.
Up in arms
As Poland hosts a major arms fair, critics warn Europe is profiting from weapons marketed as "battle-tested" on the bodies of Gaza’s civilians. Report by Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi.
Raiding returns
As Uganda approaches the 2026 presidential elections, old patterns of armed violence and cattle raiding are resurfacing in northern Karamoja. Report by Francesco Torri.
Fear and loathing
As Trump’s deportation drive turns Chicago’s streets into hunting grounds, immigrant communities and their neighbours are banding together. Decca Muldowney reports.
Reasons to be Cheerful
Dead In The Water; Solidarity In Scotland; Shell Shocked.
Who belongs?
In Modi’s India, Bengali-speaking migrants – and even citizens – are learning that identity papers mean little when language itself can mark you as an outsider. By Kasturi Chakraborty.
Sell out
Once the rebellious voice of Zimbabwe’s streets, ZimDancehall now risks losing its soul as the regime buys off its stars to silence the beat of dissent. By Winile Ximba.
Introducing... Zarah Sultana
Suspended for defying Labour’s rightward drift, Zarah Sultana is emerging as the uncompromising new face of Britain’s left — young, principled, and unafraid to take on the establishment.
Gen Z revolution
Led by a digitally savvy generation demanding integrity and equality, Nepal’s Gen Z protesters have toppled their prime minister and ignited a new fight to remake democracy from the ground up. By Maxine Betteridge-Moes.
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