Yasmin Nair on the Left’s Recurring Blindspots
Yasmin Nair is a writer, cultural critic, and longtime contributor to Current Affairs. She also seems to possess an uncanny ability to predict political events before…
Society
Consider the Tilapia
Researchers are finding evidence that fish feel pain. What does that mean for the ethics of seafood?
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Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
New documents detail industry efforts to roll back federal regulations on methane, the main component of natural gas.
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Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger
The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities…
AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights
For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a…
Satellite Imagery Documents New Border Patrol Road Construction in Big Bend National Park
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Satellite images obtained and analysed by Bellingcat show over…
The Democratic Healthcare Hoax
How long can America’s nominal liberal party continue opposing “Medicare for All” while boldly supporting a vague “path forward”?
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Liberia Charges Ex-Vice President in Transnational Drug Probe
Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor faces drug trafficking and money laundering charges tied to a record $317 million cocaine seizure.
Zelenskyy Dismisses Senior Aide Suspected in $3.3 Million Money Laundering Case
Ukrainian investigators say senior officials and lawmakers used a state-owned bank and shell companies to launder criminal proceeds intended as bail in a separate corruption…
Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or…