Rights & Freedomss

Prague without teachers or nurses

How soaring rents are quietly pushing the city’s essential workers to the margins

To be a father in time of annihilation

Palestinian writer and editor Muhammad al-Zaqzouq writes about how the war in Gaza has reshaped the concept of fatherhood for him and his children

Volkswagen slave labour at Amazon cattle ranch

Brazil’s Labour Ministry has accused Volkswagen of enslaving hundreds of rural workers between 1974 and 1986 in a cattle and logging operation in the Amazon region, allegedly with support from

Parsing justice: Linguistic violence in the courtroom

In the courtroom, language is never neutral. It can elucidate the truth or shroud it in shadow, protect the innocent or silence the vulnerable. From the arcane tangle of legal

The Mask Park incident

Jessie Lau explores local reporting on China’s ‘Mask Park Incident’—and what it reveals about the media, state narratives, and sexual exploitation, both online and off

The Egyptian border’s cruel economy of exploitation

An expansive cross-border investigation into the brutality facing refugees from the war in Sudan

Cabo Delgado’s forgotten daughters

In Mozambique’s war-torn north, girls fleeing conflict face a second nightmare inside displacement camps meant to protect them

Polish students are getting smarter

Student protesters in Poland are using direct action to force universities to make small – but significant – changes

Workers of all nations, relax!

Аn essay explores how 20th-century socialism brought tourism to the masses in Eastern and Central Europe

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