Features

An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered every year for their fins, with 110 species now facing extinction, reports Claire C.

Undercover journalist Daniel Wiggins gives an inside view on Syria's protest movements.

From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.

Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.

The Pakistani Left has a history to be proud of and is regrouping to fight in new battles, as Qualandar Bux Memon and Ali Mohsni report.

Despite its turbulent past, Ziauddin Sardar finds reasons for optimism in Pakistan's future.

An infographic covering population, religion, quality of life and more.

Merryl Wyn Davies visits a remote village in Northwest Frontier to find out how it is recovering from last year’s devastating floods.

Can fuel crops ever be sustainable? Danny Chivers gives us the lowdown.

From wood to algae, biofuels have been around for years. But they're not necessarily all they're cracked up to be. Danny Chivers has the low-down.

Gender activist Gary Barker sees young men who respect woman and are connected fathers.

As society becomes more tolerant of homosexuality, men find the freedom to be emotionally open and physically tactile with each other, explain Mark McCormack and Eric Anderson.

Uri Gordon offers insight into what anarchism – a word bandied about carelessly by the press – really means.

Politicians in the US and Australia play the anti-immigration card.

Ten years after fleeing his home country, Jean Kayigamba makes an emotional return.

Extremists have been making inroads across Europe with a sanitized version of some very dirty politics. K Biswas looks into the heart of the beast.

How do you respond to people in climate denial? Danny Chivers offers a step-by-step guide to rebutting the most common arguments against climate change.

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – Big Oil’s newest way to extract natural gas from an exhausted planet – comes with a terrible environmental price tag. Joyce Nelson digs deeper.

An epic migration to the cities has been responsible for China’s turbocharged economic performance. But, as Richard Swift explains, the cost for many workers has been too great and they refuse to be quiet any longer.

Three personal stories of the battles being fought for workers’ rights.