“What Covid has done is to apply an extraordinary and unusually powerful microscope to worldwide governance. And much of what we see through that...
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Are We Really All in This Together?
Cardinal Czerny argues that any approach to Covid-19 that does not include those most vulnerable among us is a non-solution. Who then seems to have...
Africa on the Run
“The journey to development has been stunted.” —Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr “Because there's less external pressure on the continent now than there has ever...
African Possibilities
How can Africa cope? Are solutions—or, at least, possibilities—to be found at the local, national or regional level? Listen to Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr,...
You May Choose to Look Away, But Never Again Say You Do Not Know
“The demand for exploitation is not just something that is related to poverty. It is related to a certain kind of human volition, which is global...
STOP SLAVERY NOW!
Why do nations, rich and poor, tolerate widespread slavery, human trafficking and even the buying and selling of young children in the 21st century?...
It’s (Still) The Economy, Stupid!
“In all of the West, we run into a divided society. Those who are smart enough to play on the stock market are fine; they can live. Those who are...
The Covid Economy: Your Bust, My Boom
What happens when the global economy collapses, but global financial markets boom? That’s one of the issues explored in the conversation with German...
Can America halt its decline — and does it want to?
“We're shocked, for example, that trains don't work. We are shocked that the digital infrastructure is not good … America doesn’t not just invest in...