Following our February Postscripts exploration of “Climate Apartheid”, this article turns to its devastating ripple effect: food insecurity.
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What we are carrying: Rethinking racial trauma and healing
Racial healing asks us to reflect on the limitations of our models and to consider whose knowledge counts in the spaces we create.
The Silent Crisis: Iran’s Poisoned Schoolgirls and the Forgotten Children of the Majority World
Since November 2022, hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls have fallen victim to a series of suspected poisoning attacks.
Climate apartheid: Africa’s low-emitters pay the price
Despite the minimal role African countries play in global emissions, climate change hits them hardest, embodying “climate apartheid” where the vulnerable pay for the excesses of others.
Ikigai: The quiet power of a life with purpose
In a world obsessed with speed and achievement, the Japanese philosophy of ikigai offers a gentler proposition: live with purpose, and longevity and joy may follow.
Greenland at the Crossroads: Sovereignty, strategic interests and a modern colonial flashpoint
Across Greenland and in Copenhagen, protests erupted under slogans such as “Greenland is not for sale” and “Hands off Greenland”.
Iran in turmoil: Protest, power and the geopolitical stakes of oil and the petrodollar
Beyond human rights and security arguments lies a deeper structural concern: the petrodollar system.
US attack on Venezuela: geopolitical fault lines and oil
Beneath the surface of legal rhetoric lies a deeper strategic calculus tied to Venezuela’s massive oil wealth and the role of the petrodollar system.
Daughters of the soil: Indigenous women bear the brunt of – and lead the fight against – global resource scrambles
The global scramble for resources is violently gendered, and the frontline defenders are women, who for millennia, have been the heart, memory, and custodians of the land.
Unveiling Resistance: Fanon, Indigenous dress and the policing of black women’s bodies
Indigenous dress reclaims what Fanon called the “world of mystery.” These encode lineage, spirituality, resistance—unyielding to the gaze.