Imagery generated by artificial intelligence has become the beloved aesthetic of today’s dictators, argues Decca Muldowney. A robust media is needed to combat misinformation and its miseries.

Gaza-born journalist Ramzy Baroud traces how Palestinians have turned survival into a struggle for dignity, history and freedom, with Gaza at the heart of the resistance.

Confronting the impact of empire is not about getting stuck in the past, writes Amy Hall. It’s vital to how we build a better future.

Loneliness and social isolation have become chronic issues across the world. We must resist attempts to close down meaningful human interaction, writes Husna Ara.

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution.

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.

Women are playing an essential part in fighting for civil rights in Poland, contributing to a shift in the country’s political agenda, writes Benedetta Leardini

Update from India by Tom Lawson.

Zuma’s trial is just one symptom of South Africa’s problems, Neil Thompson reports.

No Other Choice; My Father’s Shadow.

Days of Love and Rage; Pharma Monopoly; The Villain’s Dance; Wilderness of Mirrors.

Chat Iskandaria; The Good Ones.

In the first letter of a new series, Maya Misikir writes about the loss of her citys soul to a new development project thats ripping communities apart.

He puts his life on the line to protect the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national parks. Veronique Mistiaen talks to the dedicated conservationist.

The president of the Philippines he may be, but his reputation is as a Dirty Harry of vigilante politics.

State of the industry; Deadly business; At the border; Who’s supplying whom?

The photos, facts, and politics of Peru.

Science, by P J Polyp.