Mathani Ahmed writes for the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN): In fragile, conflict-ridden states like Sudan, environmental harm is a byproduct of the economic strategies. When companies or state-linked entities avoid the high costs of treating industrial pollution or waste, their saved money eventually acts as an unreported subsidy that journalists can trace to understand why pollution is permitted to continue.

In the first installment of her mini-series, Defending the Defenders: The Global Rise of Legalized Repression, Gaia Guatri examines how repression is evolving to encompass lawfare, judicial harassment, detention, and other forms of “legal containment.”

In January 2026, a flagship report by UN researchers disclosed that the world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy’. Mariam Waqar Khattak analyzes the implications.

The framework of food sovereignty remains a powerful alternative to an agribusiness food system that is fueling the climate crisis, writes Adam Termote.

John Collins surveys some of the key perspectives within an ongoing dialogue about the present and future of Spain’s perpetually fragmented Left. Is a change on the horizon?

The “newspaper of record’ misses a golden opportunity to explain the material connections between violence “there” and violence “here.”

The common message of “we are all to blame, we all have to do our part” serves to shield the global elite from responsibility for the current crisis, writes Fernando Luengo.

In a Q&A recently conducted on Facebook, the widely cited author of We Created Chávez argues that the US attack “was never about democracy or drugs” and that “revolution is a process - always.”

On the latest phase in the weaponization of social media and LLMs.

How low-income women profit in the Urban Kilimanjaro region

Denise Brennan writes for openDemocracy

What kind of future is being constructed in our name? And who profits from its manufactured inevitability?

In Buffalo, housing is public health, writes Steve Peraza.

Nolan Higdon and Sydney Sullivan write for Project Censored

Can we still choose what we pay attention to, or is that being chosen for us?

In Myanmar, the search for rare earth minerals is a tangle of militarization, environmental damage, and resistance.

For journalists who work outside corporate paradigms and who often elevate underrepresented voices and challenge dominant narratives, the integration of AI raises urgent questions about editorial autonomy, authorship, and the risk of ideological conformity.

Vienna, Austria, is the site of what is viewed internationally as the most successful model of social housing development since the early twentieth century.

Trump is pushing a new artificial intelligence-driven bureaucracy to gut public services and use our data to exploit us, writes Ulises A. Mejias for Truthout.

For the past few months, the world has been watching mass protests unfold in Georgia. These actions represent more than just opposition to the current government; they also reflect a deeper struggle over the country’s future. Caught between European integration and growing Russian influence, Georgians continue to push back against years of Kremlin-led democratic erosion. Their fight extends beyond Russia, shaping Georgia’s place in a shifting global order where the European Union (EU), the United States, and China also hold powerful influence.