A better media is possible

There is no one magic remedy – but lots of strategies. Vanessa Baird writes.

Trump has a precursor – and maybe even a mentor – when it comes to waging war on media he does not like. Iris Gonzales reports from the Philippines.

Vanessa Baird writes on the strange mutations of ‘fake news’

So many voices online. Surely that means more diversity and media democracy? Not really, explains Laura Basu.

Changing habits; Tech takeover; Trust in media; Who owns it?

We’re increasingly relying on social media companies to act like governments and censor dubious content. Jillian York on the failures of this approach – and how to fix it.

Wars in cyberspace are wars on our minds. JJ Patrick on the murky underworld of big data, social media, espionage and the spread of chaos through disinformation.

Violeta Santos Moura reports from Poland, where air pollution claims some 45,000 lives annually. The country’s reliance on coal is the main culprit but it’s an issue bound up in national pride and political manipulation.

China’s dazzlingly ambitious international investment programme – the Belt and Road Initiative – is well under way, with designs to bring infrastructure to half the planet. Wayne Ellwood on the scale of this juggernaut and its economic and political ramifications.

Syrian reporter Zaina Erhaim on training citizen reporters and the importance of documenting the Assad regime’s atrocities. Interview by Anton Mukhamedov.

The backlash against social media titans is in full swing. But are moves to bring them to heel, including new privacy laws, appropriate? Mike Morel investigates.

Emboldened by a recent study, The Guardian repeats the myth that becoming vegan is the ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth. Chris Saltmarsh and Harpreet Kaur Paul disagree.

Comedy is an art form. Kate Smurthwaite explains.

The people Trump has entrusted with significant responsibilities are so vile and dangerous that we should be grateful he has neglected to find many more, Mark Engler writes.

Phil Miller on fearing for Muslim communities in Sri Lanka.

Zuma’s trial is just one symptom of South Africa’s problems, Neil Thompson reports.

Morgan Meaker on Hezbollah's check on gay rights.

Richard Swift on Ethiopia's new reforming PM.

Victory for UK school data, writes Alessio Perrone.

The Panje Project in Zanzibar.

Sally Hayden writes about the Lukodi massacre museum.

Alessio Perrone writes how Islamophobia is driving a wedge between love and secular values.

The boxer has become the butt of social media jokes, Alessio Perrone writes.

Amazon defenders; Palmed off; Quitting time!

Praise, blame and all points in between? Your feedback published in the June 2018 magazine.

Letter from Marabá: Anxiety, perplexity and indignation over Brazil’s political process as news of former president Lula’s sentencing breaks. Dan Baron Cohen listens to how it goes down in Cabelo Seco.

Cartoon by Simon Kneebone.

Gustavo Fuchs takes a look at this country, nicknamed the ‘Central American Switzerland’.

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

Pedro X Molina from Nicaragua with 'Where's that?'.

Blind outdoors enthusiast, Divyanshu Ganatra, on the importance of inclusion through adventure sports in India. Profile by Priti Salian.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

US photographer Steve McCurry, best known for his 1984 portrait of the green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’, speaks to Graeme Green about America, human nature and whether or not the world has gone mad.

The Ciambra directed and written by Jonas Carpignano;
In the Fade directed and co-written by Fatih Akin.

Remain in Light by Angélique Kidjo; Voice of Resistance by Rim Banna.

Behold, America by Sarah Churchwell; Disoriental by Négar Djavadi; A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things by Raj Patel and Jason W Moore; The Empire’s New Clothes by Philip Murphy.