They are touted as our way out of climate chaos and essential for making the things we use, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Vanessa Baird sets out to investigate critical minerals – and the rush to get them.

People across the world are standing up to the power of the arms trade. Amy Hall explores its threat to life and democracy.

Rising costs, Covid-19 and austerity have pushed too many countries – and households – into unmanageable debt. Amy Hall asks how we got here, and finds a movement shaking off the stigma of debt and getting organized.

We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.

We cannot let the ever-expanding oil and gas industry stand in the way of urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to change.

Can we create a world where we don’t turn to police and prisons for justice? Amy Hall explores the movement offering a different vision for the future.

Update from Ireland by Megan Nolan.

Two artists have invented a saint to protect residents from gentrification. Yohann Koshy reports.

Downtrodden workers have been ignored in France’s rush to a cultural partnership with the building of the UAE’s new Louvre gallery. Yohann Koshy reports.

All We Imagine As Light; Black Box Diaries.

In Tessa Hadley’s novels, ordinary lives and homes become charged with memory and unease, where private dramas quietly echo the politics of their time. Words by Conrad Landin.

Album No. 1; Ma Gitala.

In a city where change is displacing homes and histories, Maya Misikir finds a sense of community growing in unexpected places.

The untiring campaigner and guardian of the deep, Claire Nouvian, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen about the transformative experience that led to her choosing her path – on to eventual victory.

The chocolate king of the Ukraine.

The industry; distrust in the news; laws and regulations; key terms; term usage over time.

The photos, facts, and politics of Armenia.

Trickle down politics, by Marc Roberts.