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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.

Architecture is never neutral, explains Laith Kharus Whitwham. But can it be made to truly serve the public?

India’s rapidly expanding cities attract young dreamers like magnets. Snigdha Poonam observes how the horizon of promise keeps receding in Ranchi.

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.

Density, location, economics, sustainability and inequality.

If the future of humanity lies in cities, says Dinyar Godrej, then it follows that inhabitants of every strata must have a right to it.

Trinidadian musician Anthony Joseph tells Subi Shah about how important it is for his children to know about Windrush.

Louise Gray reviews The Medicine Show by Melissa Etheridge and Play Wooden Child by Nodding God.

Malcolm Lewis reviews Woman at War, directed and co-written by Benedikt Erlingsson; The Third Wife, directed and written by Ash Mayfair.

Future Histories; I Will Never See the World Again; Days in the Caucasus; Under Red Skies.

Jacob Ohrvik-Stott from Doteveryone on how to do it.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

Constitutional monarchs of Thailand.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.