Voices

Cassandra Kunert reports from Watertown, NY, where a local rally spotlighted not only democratic participation, but also the urgent need for mutual aid.

With firm hope placed in the new generations, Sheena’s life demonstrates that sowing collective memory and defending women's rights is a sacred form of resistance.

Three activists from the Ius Naturae Center highlight a unique and inspiring initiative to enshrine the Rights of Nature in Mexico’s constitution for the first time.

“Can AI replace care workers?” asks Steve Peraza. “Can ElliQ complete the activities of daily living that paid and unpaid caregivers perform for care receivers? If they could, should we reimagine a world where care is the work of AI?”

Who and what gets to move through border spaces, and how does the business of securing Europe’s borders affect us all? Derek Sherrange spent three days moving between two countries and two continents to dig into these questions.

Two words, Anger and Hope, chosen for two mobilizations held on the same day, against the same government, say a great deal about a tension running through the Argentine left. What should be done with the dissatisfaction that exists now? Marcela Gottschald reports from Buenos Aires.

John Collins visited the tent encampment in the Puerta del Sol and found a striking array of stickers reflecting the urgency and creativity of a growing grassroots movement.

A small exchange spray painted on the streets of the Spanish capital reveals far-right efforts to stoke anti-immigrant racism - and grassroots efforts to push back.

Her story is a tapestry of memory, care, and resistance: she is a woman who sows food, safeguards ancestral knowledge, and nurtures a profound bond with the life that surrounds her.

Living under constant surveillance is to exist in a permanent state of hypervigilance, writes Gina Romero for Global Voices.

Minority communities in Hong Kong have long faced systemic exclusion, writes Aneesa Zubair - but change is in the air.

I borrow equipment from my reporting colleagues so that I can get close to sources and protect myself from shrapnel, writes Ohood Nassar for We Are Not Numbers.

There are teachers who teach content, and there are those who teach us to remember. To remember where life comes from, to whom we owe our breath, and why the earth is not a resource, but a mother who should be listened to, cared for, and defended.

As long as the energy model in Mexico continues to prioritize extraction without guaranteeing concrete conditions of ecological security, these events will not be exceptional; they will be inevitable, write Claudia Brindis and Diego Flores.

The story of one Buffalo family reveals the value of consumer directed personal assistance programs, both for care receivers and for public health more broadly.

The death of a far-right French activist had immediate repercussions at a university where students use public space to support Palestinian liberation, gender equality, and other struggles.

Behind every completed task is a story of a struggle, persistence, and pain, writes Mariam Mushtaha for We Are Not Numbers.

In a place where rivers are born and the jungle sets the pace of existence, the story of Luz Mery Panche Chocué reveals the paths of resistance and continuity of Indigenous peoples beyond their original territories.

Constituents of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives appeal for global solidarity to defend the Rojava revolution.

In Putumayo, one of the departments of the Colombian Amazon, she is part of a social movement that opposes multinational extractivism.

For the author of Our History Is the Future, the struggle against ICE is incomplete without a true anticolonial reckoning.

Being Venezuelan now means explaining yourself before you are even asked. I  often find myself elaborating on my political experience and beliefs as fast as I said my name.

The life of Mónica Solarte Moreano is interwoven with the history, struggle, and spirituality of the Iguailik people. Through her experience as a woman, mother, and professional, she embodies ancestral knowledge, the defense of territory, and the transmission of an identity.

Inna Saribekyan reports from the Malaga neighborhood where the patron saint of fishermen is ever-present.

Looking after the mapu in a place where the land speaks

The patchwork of Awá life in Katsa Su

For our Weaving the Streets series, Catherine Tedford listens to the people’s voice in the Big Apple.

A report from a unique meet-up at the Socialism 2025 conference

Irem Tuana Ciftci reflects on her Ramadan experience in Morocco.