A new space race is set to worsen global inequality and extend conflict. We need to return to seeing space as a place for all humankind, argues Nick Dowson.
In November 1572 a brilliant new star appeared in the sky – initially bright enough to be seen during daylight. Its appearance was recorded worldwide and it stayed v...
As we edited this magazine a rocket exploded on its launchpad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. This was not owned by NASA but by Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ company, which announced they had ‘experienced an anomaly’. Some euphemism: footage shows a gigantic ball of flame and something that looks very mu...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
Could the threat of nuclear war be closer than ever? Amy Hall explores how we got here and the pathways out of the crisis.
In an age of crisis, despair is the currency of the global far right. How, asks Bethany Rielly, can we turn this reactionary tide?
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.
Britain’s general election saw the rightwing Conservatives swept out – and a huge majority for Labour. But the shallowness of the victorious party’s support points to an existential threat to dominant parties across the world, argues Conrad Landin.
The global trend towards liberalizing abortion is being overshadowed by a newly emboldened anti-rights movement that wants to erode bodily autonomy. Bethany Rielly learns how feminist movements are organizing to put abortion back in the hands of the people – and keep it there.
How can we prevent an unjust transition? As the clean economy gets into gear, Nick Dowson asks whether a market-focused, subsidies-led approach will just mean more of the same.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
Latin American countries are seeing unprecedented growth in clean, cheap solar power writes Emily Earnshaw.
After concerted campaigning, the Chilean government has turned down a proposal for two open-pit copper and iron mines – that would have sat right next to the nature reserve sheltering the endangered Humboldt penguin. Lydia Noon reports.
Alessio Perrone writes how Islamophobia is driving a wedge between love and secular values.
All Hands on Deck; Fascist Yoga; The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club; Heart Lamp.
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.
The Philippines’ maverick environmentalist fighting the powerful mining industry, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen.
The president of the Philippines he may be, but his reputation is as a Dirty Harry of vigilante politics.