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Who owns the web?
520 - July, 2019
This year a new submarine data-cable touched down in Valparaiso, Chile, owned by Google.
Armenia: go, go, eco-rangers
520 - July, 2019
Eco House, a project launched 18 months ago in Dilijan to stop illegal deforestation.
Introducing... Volody Myrzelensky
520 - July, 2019
A comedian who played the President of Ukraine in a popular TV series is now the actual President of Ukraine.
Progress and its discontents
520 - July, 2019
The world has never been better. From global poverty to inequality between nations, all the indicators are showing progress. This is a comforting narrative – popularized by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker. But is it true? Jason Hickel examines the rise of this so-called ‘New Optimism’, with its ‘battle cry for the status quo’.
Protecting the ‘lungs of West Africa’
520 - July, 2019
Veronique Mistiaen speaks to environmental lawyer Alfred Brownell about the grave threat palm-oil corporations pose to the people of Sinoe County, Liberia, and the rich rainforests they depend upon.
Packing a punch
520 - July, 2019
In the refugee camps of Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi women are using boxing to overcome the traumas of war. Report by Monir Ghaedi, photos by Giacomo Sini.
Vanishing point
520 - July, 2019
The city can provide cover and anonymity to those who seek it, explains David Nnanna Ikpo.
Spectacle and reality in Rio
520 - July, 2019
Anne-Marie Broudehoux punctures the bombastic narrative of civic pride and prosperity that accompanies sporting mega-events to reveal how they actually remake the city upon the backs of the poor.
Grand designs
520 - July, 2019
Architecture is never neutral, explains Laith Kharus Whitwham. But can it be made to truly serve the public?
Small city, big dreams
520 - July, 2019
India’s rapidly expanding cities attract young dreamers like magnets. Snigdha Poonam observes how the horizon of promise keeps receding in Ranchi.
The price is not right
520 - July, 2019
The mushrooming trend of cashing in on fast returns from housing is devastating working people’s lives in cities across the world. UN expert Leilani Farha lays it on the line. Interview by Dinyar Godrej.
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| Article title | Description | Author | Published | Magazine | Link |
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| Algeria: Revolution of smiles | The peaceful uprising. |
July, 2019 | 520 | Buy | |
| Mozambique: ‘I will not pay’ | Mozambican campaigners call for debt cancellation. |
Husna Rizvi | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Who owns the web? | This year a new submarine data-cable touched down in Valparaiso, Chile, owned by Google. |
Nick Dowson | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| South America: Electric gold | Yohann Koshy | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy | |
| Armenia: go, go, eco-rangers | Eco House, a project launched 18 months ago in Dilijan to stop illegal deforestation. |
Joe Nerssessian | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Introducing... Volody Myrzelensky | A comedian who played the President of Ukraine in a popular TV series is now the actual President of Ukraine. |
Richard Swift | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| France: Why settle for an apple? | Paul Cudenec | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy | |
| Progress and its discontents | The world has never been better. From global poverty to inequality between nations, all the indicators are showing progress. This is a comforting narrative – popularized by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker. But is it true? Jason Hickel examines the rise of this so-called ‘New Optimism’, with its ‘battle cry for the status quo’. |
Jason Hickel | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Protecting the ‘lungs of West Africa’ | Veronique Mistiaen speaks to environmental lawyer Alfred Brownell about the grave threat palm-oil corporations pose to the people of Sinoe County, Liberia, and the rich rainforests they depend upon. |
Veronique Mistiaen | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Packing a punch | In the refugee camps of Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi women are using boxing to overcome the traumas of war. Report by Monir Ghaedi, photos by Giacomo Sini. |
July, 2019 | 520 | Buy | |
| Vanishing point | The city can provide cover and anonymity to those who seek it, explains David Nnanna Ikpo. |
David Nnanna Ikpo | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Spectacle and reality in Rio | Anne-Marie Broudehoux punctures the bombastic narrative of civic pride and prosperity that accompanies sporting mega-events to reveal how they actually remake the city upon the backs of the poor. |
Anne-Marie Broudehoux | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Grand designs | Architecture is never neutral, explains Laith Kharus Whitwham. But can it be made to truly serve the public? |
Laith Kharus Whitwham | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| Small city, big dreams | India’s rapidly expanding cities attract young dreamers like magnets. Snigdha Poonam observes how the horizon of promise keeps receding in Ranchi. |
Snigdha Poonam | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
| The price is not right | The mushrooming trend of cashing in on fast returns from housing is devastating working people’s lives in cities across the world. UN expert Leilani Farha lays it on the line. Interview by Dinyar Godrej. |
Leilani Farha | July, 2019 | 520 | Buy |
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