World
“Keep it all in the ground”: Canadians Reckon with Dirty Energy and Hypocritical Policies
Canada is home to delicate ecosystems that are doubly vulnerable: The oil and natural gas industries have preyed on the tundra for decades—a region already sensitive to the effects of global warming.
Finding Santiago in a Post-Truth World: A Mysterious Death Reveals a Divided Argentina
“We are living in a post-truth world where you believe what you want to believe.”
An Interview With Jaha Dukureh, Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Activist from Gambia
It just shows the value society as a whole places on women. You look at how sexual violence is being neglected.
Modern Slavery in Libya: One Battle in the War Against Forced Labor
“The United States does not, generally, punish employers who enslave their workers.”
Film Review: The Wedding Banquet
A gay landlord from Taiwan must marry his tenant in order to hide his homosexuality from his traditional parents.
Polish Independence Day: The Far Right and Its Female Opposition
As families across America gathered around their kitchen tables to give thanks this past month, a very different national holiday was playing out on the streets of Poland.
An Interview With Abdul-Rehman Malik: Storyteller, Activist, and Cultural Organizer
The Politic sits down for a conversation with London-based Abdul-Rehman Malik, a journalist who works at the intersection of faith, storytelling and social justice.
An Interview With Dr. Kumi Naidoo, Human Rights Advocate and Former Greenpeace Director
“I hope and pray that climate change will give us the strength to break through those divisions that actually hold back humanity.”