For Torwali community in Pakistan’s Swat valley, rivers embody sacred identity and history. Government-backed hydropower projects threaten them, prompting resistance since 2023 to protect the Swat river and cultural survival.
Many of our contributors are on the frontlines of climate change and in a prime position to tell stories of resilience and success that we need to hear most.
Experts say lahars happen because loose material on the slopes of an inactive but still changing volcano is washed down after prolonged dryness.
Regaining hope and confidence rests on finding a pathway to a country where he can regain his freedom and dignity, since persistent gang violence makes a return to Haiti impossible.
Tibetan communities sacrificed their pastoral lives and gave up their settlements for the national reserve. And now they are on the frontline, defending Asia's water tower against the climate crisis.
Coordinated false copyright claims targeted Bangladeshi archivists, journalists, and activists, exploiting Meta’s reporting system to remove evidence of abuses, disrupt documentation efforts, and undermine accountability linked to July 2024 uprising.
As Paul Kithima and the entrepreneurs in Makindye demonstrate, when refugees are given the tools to succeed, they don’t just survive, they build the future of the country that welcomed them.
“Human activity is rife with contradictions. The very same human being who creates art, who imagines futures, who develops technologies, is the one who uses them for their own destruction.”
An Ethiopian creator who built her audience in Afan Oromo died by suicide on April 29. Her farewell post and video remain on Facebook today. Platforms missed every signal
Our April Spotlight, with its global, multilingual burst of stories on the topic, reminded me that even a virtual technology like AI can have a similar pattern.
