Social Media Can’t Replace Social Infrastructure Social Media Can’t Replace Social Infrastructure
The library, not Facebook, is the primary institution promoting literacy and providing Internet access to those who have no other way to get online.
May 2, 2019 / Eric Klinenberg
Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is an Environmental Tragedy Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is an Environmental Tragedy
Ethiopia’s rivers and lakes are now drying up at terrifying speed.
May 1, 2019 / Christelle Gérand
What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang? What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang?
China may have interned more than a million Uighurs in Xinjiang in an attempt to suppress their desire for greater autonomy.
Mar 19, 2019 / Rémi Castets
A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible
The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.
Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis
Will a New Port Make Tanzania ‘Africa’s Dubai’? Will a New Port Make Tanzania ‘Africa’s Dubai’?
Backed by money from China and Oman, a small Tanzanian fishing port could be as large and busy as Rotterdam within 10 years.
Feb 19, 2019 / Jean-Christophe Servant
Brexit Is Deadlocked as the Countdown Continues Brexit Is Deadlocked as the Countdown Continues
The UK Parliament is at an impasse, and both main parties are at risk of fracturing.
Feb 14, 2019 / Paul Mason
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System
In Hangzhou and throughout Shandong province, gold stars and black marks have begun to shape public and private behavior.
Jan 23, 2019 / René Raphael and Ling Xi
Forgotten France Rises Up Forgotten France Rises Up
France’s Yellow Vests took just one month to challenge policies on taxation, education, transport, and environment—and make the Macron government back down
Jan 15, 2019 / Serge Halimi
The Anger of the ‘Gilets Jaunes’ The Anger of the ‘Gilets Jaunes’
France’s unfair taxes have driven the Yellow Vest protest movement.
Dec 11, 2018 / Alexis Spire
Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans
Despite government aims to make the country Africa’s “digital hub,” the economy remains unequal and unproductive.
Dec 4, 2018 / Sabine Cessou