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An African American midwife carries her medical kit down a dirt road in Georgia, US, in 1941. In the mid-1800s, white physicians campaigned to ban abortion as a means to demonize and restrict their competitors, namely midwives. Photo: Jack Delano/Shutterstock

Racist roots

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone trace the secret history of abortion bans in the US and link the legacies of reproductive oppression and racial injustice.

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A woman plays the cello amid riot police at a demonstration for safe and legal abortion to mark International Safe Abortion Day in Mexico City, on 28 September 2023. Earlier that month Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalized the procedure. Photo: Raquel Cunya/Reuters

Freeing abortion

The global trend towards liberalizing abortion is being overshadowed by a newly emboldened anti-rights movement that wants to erode bodily autonomy. Bethany Rielly learns how feminist movements are organizing to put abortion back in the hands of the people – and keep it there.

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Spotlight: Dina Chhan

Spotlight: Dina Chhan

Phnom Penh-based painter and sculptor. Words by Subi Shah.

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Books Essay: Mourn and organize

Books Essay: Mourn and organize

How can we care for each other while fighting for justice? By Decca Muldowney.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

If Only I Could Hibernate; Tomorrow’s Freedom.

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

An African History of Africa; After Zionism; The Alternatives; The Wrong Person to Ask.

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 Illustration: Emma Peer

Agony Uncle

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Secondhand books.

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 Illustration: Andy Carter

What if...

We banned billionaires? Kathryn Zacharek muses on a world without the super-rich.

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 Illustration: Marc Roberts

Only Planet

Trivial Pursuit, by Marc Roberts.

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Activists from Global Justice Now demand that the UK government exit the Energy Charter Treaty during a protest in London on 4 November 2022. In February this year, the UK announced it would leave the Treaty. Photo: Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy

Temperature Check

Polls, public pressure and pipelines. A round-up of some key climate news by Danny Chivers.

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 Illustration: P J Polyp

Big Bad World

Counting the cost, by P J Polyp.

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 Illustration: Kate Evans

Thoughts from a Broad

Journalism. Illustration by Kate Evans.

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 Photo: Emma Hardy

‘I now understand how genocides happen’

Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah talks to Bethany Rielly about healthcare as resistance and his experiences in Gaza’s besieged hospitals.

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 Photo: Carlos Sánchez Navas

Southern Exposure: Carlos Sánchez Navas

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

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Racist roots

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone trace the secret history of abortion bans in the US and link the legacies of reproductive oppression and racial injustice.

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone July, 2024 550 Buy
Freeing abortion

The global trend towards liberalizing abortion is being overshadowed by a newly emboldened anti-rights movement that wants to erode bodily autonomy. Bethany Rielly learns how feminist movements are organizing to put abortion back in the hands of the people – and keep it there.

Bethany Rielly July, 2024 550 Buy
Spotlight: Dina Chhan

Phnom Penh-based painter and sculptor. Words by Subi Shah.

Subi Shah May, 2024 549 Buy
Books Essay: Mourn and organize

How can we care for each other while fighting for justice? By Decca Muldowney.

Decca Muldowney May, 2024 549 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

The Great Bailout; Swaken.

May, 2024 549 Buy
Mixed Media: Film

If Only I Could Hibernate; Tomorrow’s Freedom.

Malcolm Lewis May, 2024 549 Buy
Mixed Media: Books

An African History of Africa; After Zionism; The Alternatives; The Wrong Person to Ask.

May, 2024 549 Buy
Agony Uncle

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Secondhand books.

May, 2024 549 Buy
What if...

We banned billionaires? Kathryn Zacharek muses on a world without the super-rich.

Kathryn Zacharek May, 2024 549 Buy
Only Planet

Trivial Pursuit, by Marc Roberts.

Marc Roberts May, 2024 549 Buy
Temperature Check

Polls, public pressure and pipelines. A round-up of some key climate news by Danny Chivers.

Danny Chivers May, 2024 549 Buy
Big Bad World

Counting the cost, by P J Polyp.

P J Polyp May, 2024 549 Buy
Thoughts from a Broad

Journalism. Illustration by Kate Evans.

Kate Evans May, 2024 549 Buy
‘I now understand how genocides happen’

Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah talks to Bethany Rielly about healthcare as resistance and his experiences in Gaza’s besieged hospitals.

Bethany Rielly May, 2024 549 Buy
Southern Exposure: Carlos Sánchez Navas

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

Carlos Sánchez Navas May, 2024 549 Buy