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.

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.

This is not your land. After the defeat of a 2023 referendum on the inclusion of a First Nations Voice in parliament, Zoe Holman traces the claims to self-determination made by Indigenous peoples in Australia, culminating in today’s rallying call for Treaty.

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.

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case for collective action to secure a just future.

A highway project threatens indigenous peoples' reserves in Bolivia. Aldo Orellana Lopez reports.

A highland welcome; Rhino forensics; Good sex in Rwanda.

Update from Ireland by Megan Nolan.

Highlights from the 2026 Toronto Festival.

A new study of the realities of renewables skewers simplistic narratives about the energy transition. By Ewan Gibbs.

Radio Lusaka; Mon Balo.

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.

Veronique Mistiaen meets Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’, who for more than two decades has been transforming lives through community-based learning.

Saudi Arabia’s King-in-waiting – and his aggressive foreign policy – is put under the spotlight.

Rising demand; Where from?; Big dirty business; Real needs?

The photos, facts, and politics of Armenia.

Trump over time, by P J Polyp.