Amid COVID-19, Portugal’s ethnic minorities feel heavily policed
Black business owners say they are treated differently to white people, as pandemic highlights structural inequalities.
Category Archives: Features
The 2020 US elections: A climate for change?
Based on the last five years of climate talks, many fear a Trump re-election will halt efforts to end global warming.
What’s Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?
Turkey supports Azerbaijan and wants a seat at the negotiating table, but Ankara's interest goes beyond brotherly love.
The fight to keep Indigenous Australian children out of jail
In Western Australia, Aboriginal children are almost 50 times more likely to be in youth detention than white children.
Inside Mexico’s feminist occupation
Protesters seized Mexico's National Human Rights Commission building in an effort to end femicide.
Florence Price: The story of America’s forgotten musical genius
She was the first Black woman to have her music played by a major orchestra in the US, so why has she been overlooked?
UK Muslims turn to apps to find love, get married in lockdown
With physical distancing measures in place, including at mosques, Muslims find innovative ways to navigate new normal.
‘I’m alive but not living’: Survivors of Bangladesh’s rape crisis
With four reported rapes a day and many more unreported, survivors and activists are challenging violence and misogyny.
What does the US election mean for Europe?
The vote comes amid challenges that the US and Europe must work on, including NATO's role, Brexit and Russian influence.
Will the US succeed in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?
A US-brokered truce came into effect on Monday but like two previous peace attempts, it is struggling to hold.
The odd friends: The young liberal and the elderly conservative
How a 30-something Democrat and a 90-something Republican built a friendship based on curiosity, empathy and respect.
How should we talk about suicide?
After my brother's suicide, I know we need to find a way that protects those at risk while helping those impacted.
Palm oil peril: Is your peanut butter putting primates at risk?
Palm oil is used in half of all consumer goods. But to produce it, rainforests get destroyed and wildlife is endangered.
Trump or Biden, whoever wins has a deeply unequal economy to fix
The next president faces the monumental task of keeping the recovery on the rails and redressing widening inequality.
Dying of loneliness: How COVID-19 is killing dementia patients
Elderly people living in care homes are not just dying from coronavirus; they are dying because of the response to it.
Payment24 CEO: Criminal in the US, service provider to Iran
Payment24’s former CEO is going to prison for helping Iranians conduct financial transactions many take for granted.
An American lynching: ‘I could hear their screams’
How a mass lynching and the people re-enacting it are forcing the US to confront the truth of its past and its present.
Amid devastating US fires, experts urge fire prevention rethink
Calls grow for state and national prescribed burns strategies to prevent repeat of huge wildfires in Western states.
Yemen’s ‘microgrid girls’ power community amid war and COVID-19
A women-run solar station near the front line in Abs is empowering its owners and improving life in their community.
The lessons trauma taught me: A car expert’s tale
From a large Chassidic family to the foster care system, I learned to embrace the people unwelcome at others' tables.