The next financial crisis

Yohann Koshy looks at the impending catastrophe linking the stock market to climate change.

Clueless central banks? A trade war? Southern debt? Leading economists on where the next crisis might come from...

If the global financial crisis symbolized the decline of the West, it also signalled that the future belongs to China – a superpower that ‘understands’ the developing world better than the US, IMF or World Bank, according to Martin Jacques.

With president Trump, Zhou Xiaochuan, a US official, and Christine Lagarde.

Ten years ago the world focused on the US foreclosure crisis as thousands lost their homes in dodgy mortgage deals. Today, the crisis is still a reality for many. Jack Crosbie reports.

Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s autocratic hard man, is riding high, with the help of young propaganda-mongers. Lorraine Mallinder investigates a media takeover.

Trusted in the communities they serve, India’s women health activists are making a difference in getting help for people stigmatized for mental health problems. Yet, as Sophie Cousins reports, the challenge remains vast.

Lea Surugue and Gisella Ligios report from the Czech Republic where Roma women who were forcibly sterilized are demanding the authorities take responsibility.

In cities such as New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, working people have been all but priced out, pushed into ever more distant fringes and suburbs. Mark Engler explores solutions.

From the moment you were born, The Man With The Data knew you better than you knew yourself. Omar Hamdi explains.

Palestinians in Gaza have been putting their lives on the line to challenge Israel’s decade long siege of the Strip.

Dating apps are disrupting traditional customs in Nepal’s capital.

Anti-groping badges are becoming a popular tool in Japanese women’s fight against sexual harassment or chikan.

The election on 1 April gave Carlos Alvarado Quesada’s National Action Party (PAN) more than 60 per cent of the vote and makes him one of the under-40 club of victors in presidential elections (France, New Zealand and Iceland).

Tbilisi’s clubbing scene is in the crosshairs of a war on culture led by reactionary elements in Georgia, opposed to its progressive ethos.

Resistance is rising in the UK as the company behind the controversial energy-extraction process known as fracking gears up for a return to action.

A secretive British government aid-fund has generated renewed controversy after a rights group revealed that it has been used to train people involved in torture and execution.

In May 2018, a group of 15 mostly Peruvian workers decided enough was enough...

New research suggests that low-carbon infrastructure is not only ethical, it also yields greater economic returns.

Happy families; Radio, live transmission; Eat your greens.

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

The lines painted on his skin lead to the heartlands of identity, discovers Dan Baron Cohen.

Oğuz Demir from Turkey with ‘Repression/Resistance’.

Wame Molefhe profiles Botswana, where prosperity has morphed into corruption and inequality. But will the country’s future see it regain the sparkle its diamonds offer to the rich?

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

We put the track record of Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea – and a liberation fighter turned ruthless dictator – under the spotlight.

The untiring campaigner and guardian of the deep, Claire Nouvian, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen about the transformative experience that led to her choosing her path – on to eventual victory.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Mali’s blind musical duo speak to Graeme Green about the ‘refugee crisis’ and why extremist efforts to stop the music will ultimately fail.

Highlights from Hot Docs, the major documentary film festival held annually in Toronto, Canada.

The Water Thief by Claire Hajaj; The Old Slave and the Mastiff by Patrick Chamoiseau; The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa.

Bush Lady by Alanis Obomsawin; Under Frustration, Vol 1 by Arabstazy.