“Since we voluntarily give our data to Google and Facebook, the Estonian attitude is: ‘Why shouldn’t we expect our government to use our data in a way that benefits us?’”Read the full article
“Gig economy companies use self-employment to move all the risk on the worker, while paying no taxes to contribute to the welfare state.”Read the full article
There has been no respite from the violence in Colombia since the historic peace process that put an end to a war lasting over half a century. It is the country with the highest rate of murders (committed with impunity and suspected of following [...]Read the full article
For years, the true impact of nuclear testing in French Polynesia was kept a closely-guarded secret. But recently, the full extent of the fallout has slowly begun to come to light.Read the full article
The world is becoming an increasingly diverse patchwork. Although, as geneticists explain, it is only diverse on the outside.Read the full article
“My mother kept on telling me that I would not be a woman if I was not cut and that no man would marry me.”Read the full article
“Poor fishermen are the first causality of coastal erosion: they not only lose their homes but they also lose their livelihoods.”Read the full article
“A just transition to renewable energy is not just about minimising the effects of climate change, it’s also about ensuring access to energy for everyone.”Read the full article
As schools, hospitals and entire villages are destroyed (mostly by government forces), the educational prospects of a generation of young people are being affected.Read the full article
“The demand for the creation of three versions of documents, separate television channels and school curricula cannot find justification in linguistics or the reality of the language.”Read the full article
“It is hard for people to understand that freedom of expression is a right for all; we have to be able to consent to what we do not like.”Read the full article
“When people today ask me what can be done to stop the rise of the extreme-right, I tell them that it may already be too late.”Read the full article
