Palestinian Plates: How Food Tells a Story of Colonial Power
As Palestinian food is labelled ‘Israeli,’ food becomes a tool of power, revealing how culture is used to erase history, land, and identity.
Chad Bets on Solar to Expand Rural Electricity Access
Chad’s solar expansion is widening rural electricity access and creating new opportunities for health, education, and small enterprises
Final Resolution: Israel Killing the Two-State Solution
Through deceitful negotiations and violent action, Israel has killed the Two-State proposal and is on the cusp of achieving its final solution.
Bad Faith Negotiations and Regional Power Grabs
Israel purposefully sabotages peace talks to harden its regional power.
Performative Peace: How Israel Created the Two-State Fiction
Israel has continuously stated it supports a two-state solution, yet it has continuously halted progress towards that end.
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Human Rights
What’s Next for Venezuela Following Maduro’s Capture?
American intervention in Venezuela serves as a warning for other countries that Trump has threatened to invade.
Environment
Urban Growth and the Fight For Kinshasa’s Last Baobab Tree
The fight to save Kinshasa’s last baobab is a struggle against urban growth that risks erasing nature, memory, and the spirit of the city itself.
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Editor’s Picks
The Trials of the Wet’suwet’en Blockade: The Fight for Aboriginal Title
By Isaac Code
As the trials of three land defenders arrested during the Wet’suwet’en Blockade end, the fight for Aboriginal Title in B.C. continues.
Casino Capitalism: Inside The Online Gambling and Prediction Market Boom Targeting Young Men
By Ali Lahrech
Nowadays, online gambling has expanded into “prediction markets” where people can wager on elections, policy decisions, and global crises.
Lululemon is well-renowned globally for delivering on its promise of wellness. But that image is complicated by the fact that layers of exclusion, labour exploitation, and social harm sits beneath the brand’s surface.
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Social Justice
How Olympic Neutrality Was Tested at Milano-Cortina
The IOC claims political neutrality, yet geopolitics influences who competes, how athletes speak, and how audiences understand the Olympics.
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