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A hold-up at the airport sets Ruby Diamonde to thinking about the state of siege under which Central Africans have to live.
Anne Hoffman hears about the struggle for reproductive rights in Chile.
Lydia James uncovers some novel ways to divert food from landfill.
Saving languages is good for the environment and for tackling poverty. Suzanne Romaine explains why.
Language survival is a rollercoaster ride. The fate of the world’s mother tongues is often dependent on a combination of factors, including grassroots activism, political will and simple chance.
Half of the 200 indigenous languages spoken in Australia before the British arrived have died and fewer than 20 are being taught to the next generation. But Katrina Power is one of those busy bucking the trend.
There are between 5,000 and 7,000 languages in use today, but every fortnight one of them goes extinct.
For decades Kurds in Turkey were banned from using their own language. Do recent government concessions reflect a genuine change of heart? Naila Bozo investigates.
Nora Marks Dauenhauer was born in 1927 into the Tlingit aboriginal nation of Alaska. A poet, short-story writer and scholar, she has dedicated much of her life to preserving and promoting the Tlingit language.
Jo Lateu explains why the world's minority languages matter for all of us - and why we should be fighting for their survival.
The filmmaker and director tells Jo Lateu why he supports activists who expose wrongdoing through video.
Tsvangirayi Mukwashi offers an unusual view of Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe.
P J Polyp's cartoon for this month looks at the similarities between drug and oil addiction.
Article title | Description | Author | Published | Magazine | Link |
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Letter from Bangui: Our trespasses | A hold-up at the airport sets Ruby Diamonde to thinking about the state of siege under which Central Africans have to live. |
Ruby Diamonde | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Valeria's story | Anne Hoffman hears about the struggle for reproductive rights in Chile. |
Anne Hoffman | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
From bins to bellies | Lydia James uncovers some novel ways to divert food from landfill. |
Lydia James | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Of speech and species | Saving languages is good for the environment and for tackling poverty. Suzanne Romaine explains why. |
Suzanne Romaine | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Up and down | Language survival is a rollercoaster ride. The fate of the world’s mother tongues is often dependent on a combination of factors, including grassroots activism, political will and simple chance. |
New Internationalist Editorial | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Marni naa pudni Kaurna yarta-ana (Welcome to Kaurna country) | Half of the 200 indigenous languages spoken in Australia before the British arrived have died and fewer than 20 are being taught to the next generation. But Katrina Power is one of those busy bucking the trend. |
Katrina Power | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Languages - THE FACTS | There are between 5,000 and 7,000 languages in use today, but every fortnight one of them goes extinct. |
New Internationalist Editorial | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
'They nicknamed me Terrorist' | For decades Kurds in Turkey were banned from using their own language. Do recent government concessions reflect a genuine change of heart? Naila Bozo investigates. |
Naila Bozo | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Voices under the ice | Nora Marks Dauenhauer was born in 1927 into the Tlingit aboriginal nation of Alaska. A poet, short-story writer and scholar, she has dedicated much of her life to preserving and promoting the Tlingit language. |
Nora Marks Dauenhauer | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
Talking about a revolution | Jo Lateu explains why the world's minority languages matter for all of us - and why we should be fighting for their survival. |
Jo Lateu | June, 2014 | 473 | Read |
And finally: Uri Fruchtmann | The filmmaker and director tells Jo Lateu why he supports activists who expose wrongdoing through video. |
Jo Lateu | May, 2014 | 472 | Buy |
Southern Exposure: Tsvangirayi Mukwashi | Tsvangirayi Mukwashi offers an unusual view of Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe. |
Tsvangirayi Mukwashi | May, 2014 | 472 | Buy |
Only Planet - Dreams | Marc Roberts’ Only Planet cartoon. |
Marc Roberts | May, 2014 | 472 | Buy |
Big Bad World - Frack Head | P J Polyp's cartoon for this month looks at the similarities between drug and oil addiction. |
P J Polyp | May, 2014 | 472 | Buy |
Reasons to be cheerful | Lydia James | May, 2014 | 472 | Buy |