British colonialism’s horrific legacy has not only suppressed this complex African state’s prosperity but is now causing dangerous desertification
The global campaign against trafficking has proved more powerful than the constitution in the Philippines
Budget ignores need for emission cuts, while government’s consistent incompetence puts Britons at greater risk from looming variants
Looking back on 30 years of climate conferences, Geoffrey Lean recalls the many missed opportunities for change that led us to this boiling point
The country has shown that there is an authoritarian path through the climate crisis. We need to follow the democratic one
Dark days lie ahead as a perfect storm of social and climate breakdown swirls closer. Great loss looms unless we move faster towards reform
On an openDemocracy milestone for Paul Rogers, he gives an insight into the late 20th-century landscape that shaped his accurate war analysis
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
With a sex workers’ movement stifled and potential allies silenced, the conversation around the ‘Nordic model’ looks very different in the Philippines than it does in Europe.
Canada has long claimed to be a global defender of human rights, but it has not always been welcoming towards immigrants from East and Southeast Asia
