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An all-woman band is using music to challenge China’s rum treatment of women migrant workers, writes Lydia Noon.

The rules of the game changed in the United States last month on 1 May when people experienced a taste of what life was like on ‘a Day without Immigrants’, Marienna Pope-Weidemann writes.

The people of Cajamarca have won an important battle against mining giant AngloGold Ashanti, writes Tatiana Garavito.

Sand-dredging is big business, especially in Asia, where demand has sky-rocketed thanks to the booming construction industry. Rod Harbinson reports from Cambodia on an extractive industry that is mired in corruption and scandal, and meets some of those on the frontline of the fight against it.

The end of the battle against polio might be in sight, but violence and public mistrust are creating yet more obstacles. Laura Jiménez Varo investigates.

A round-up of inspired ideas and practices.

More and more young people are becoming homeless across the West. Catherine Yeomans reports on how to tackle the issue

Civil war, mental illness, poverty, gang violence: housing insecurity has many roots.

India's $15 billion grand project is already in trouble. Nimisha Jaiswal investigates

What do the numbers look like?

Sian Griffiths reports on a no-nonsense movement which is reshaping traditional solutions to chronic homelessness

With house prices and rents soaring, can there be a remedy to homelessness? Wayne Ellwood investigates.

October; Good Cop, Bad War; Another Economy is Possibly and others: our book reviews of the month.

Mogoya by Oumou Sangaré; The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda by Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda: our music reviews of the month.

The Handmaiden; Frantz: have a look at the film reviews of the month.