Is there an ethical way to own a pet cat? Our Agony Uncle advises.

Today coloniality pervades our lives to the point that for many is not recognizable. So often it is defended as ‘culture’.

We live in dangerous times, yet governments are dragging us into a new nuclear arms race. It’s not too late to come back from the brink, argues Amy Hall.

India’s rightwing have incorporated the promotion of alternative medicine into their nationalist politics, but at what cost, asks Yusra Khan.

Indonesia is currently overseeing the world’s biggest ever deforestation project in West Papua, while new research shows the ...

Secretive and ruthless, the traffickers controlling the kidney trade thrive on the desperation of the poor and the sick. Nancy Scheper-Hughes lays bare the ‘collateral damage’. The slide on the screen ...

The illegal abduction by the Trump administration of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro demonstrates with brutal clarity how ...

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

What does it mean to be happy in a modern consumer society? John F Schumaker argues that our entire socio-economic system is designed to spew out citizens eternally in search of satisfaction. *‘The ...

Western consumer culture is creating a psycho-spiritual crisis that leaves us disoriented and bereft of purpose. How can we treat our sick culture and make ourselves well? asks John F Schumaker. Our ...

Beyond the sensationalist headlines, Obiora Ikoku finds a deeply rooted crisis, made worse by the country’s ruling elite. Nine months ago, Rita Gendaga was preparing for her late father’s funeral when ...