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A healthy mind in a healthy society

A healthy mind in a healthy society

Mental health shouldn’t just be about individuals, we need strong communities too.
Bangladesh: the great climate exodus

Bangladesh: the great climate exodus

Families are disappearing from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to those on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.
First Madeleine Albright, now Prince Harry: the strange world of humanitarian awards

First Madeleine Albright, now Prince Harry: the strange world of humanitarian awards

Felicity Arbuthnot wonders how the Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership award can be given to someone involved in Afghanistan.
What Aung San Suu Kyi could do next

What Aung San Suu Kyi could do next

Clearly articulating her party’s economics policies would be a good start.
The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions

The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions

Microsoft’s former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but there could be some unpleasant side-effects...

Magazine

What do bond markets think of ‘austerity’?

The answer may not be what you expect, as evidenced by recent events in France. Michael Burke explains.

A treacherous occupation

Pakistan is the deadliest country to be a journalist, as Manzoor Ali knows only too well.

Climate-proofing projects: a map

From air-conditioned bus stops in Dubai to painting Peruvian hill tops: a graphic guide to humankind’s steps to adapt to global warming.

A healthy mind in a healthy society

Mental health shouldn’t just be about individuals, we need strong communities too. Dinyar Godrej makes the case.

What Aung San Suu Kyi could do next

Clearly articulating her party’s economics policies would be a good start, reckons Dinyar Godrej.

The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions

Microsoft’s former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but an investigation by Andrew Bowman reveals some unpleasant side-effects.

When a winning smile is not enough

Beauty contests are now big business, but have lost their appeal for Lauri Kubuitsile in her latest Letter From Botswana.

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Blogs

Privatizing schools is madness

It’s the poor and vulnerable who will suffer in the ideologically motivated rush to convert schools to academies, says Chris Brazier.

Murder won't stop the fight for Cambodia's forests

The killing of activist Chut Wutty by the military on April 26 must not be swept under the carpet, says Fran Lambrick.

Hunger and the 0.7% aid debate

Poor people need aid but it needs to be targeted and the structures that perpetuate global inequality must also be tackled, says Natasha Adams.

Some thoughts on becoming a woman in India

In some Indian communities a girl’s first period is treated with great fanfare, in others it is a carefully kept secret, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Zimbabwe: the curse of fabrication and exaggeration

Massaging the truth for a good story doesn’t help reshape reality, argues Mgcini Nyoni.

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