Through The Mirror: A lesson in Black British history 

Why do we learn so little about Black British history at school and through the media? In this story, a student interviews her grandmother to learn about the past. From memories of the Bristol Bus Boycott to the toppling of the Colston statue, they discuss key moments and figures in the campaign for racial equality in Britain.    

Somaliland’s hope for transitional justice after the Isaaq Genocide

Somaliland is still dealing with the effects of the mass murders committed under Siad Barre’s rule, decades after the Isaaq genocide claimed tens of thousands of lives and left half a million refugees. As efforts to find mass graves and preserve testimonies face political and temporal challenges, survivors call for justice, remembrance and international recognition for the self-declared republic.

The essential dream of Anas al-Amarin, a Palestinian in Gaza relying on social media fundraising for survival

Anas al-Amarin, a young Palestinian from Gaza, uses social media to raise funds for his survival and medical care after losing his arm in an Israeli airstrike. Despite ongoing war and displacement, Anas dreams of receiving a prosthetic limb and continuing his studies, relying on international crowdfunding and online friendships to navigate the crisis.

Heat without relief: How can disabled communities navigate Delhi’s climate crisis?

The climate crisis poses unique challenges for disabled people around the world. Growing up in a slum in Delhi while navigating his own disabilities and his mother’s chronic illness, disability activist Puneet Singhal developed an acute understanding of climate change as structural exclusion. Here, he reflects on a series of interviews with disabled people in Delhi as part of his Green Disability campaign for climate justice and disability justice. 

When does volunteering in Africa turn into white saviourism?

Volunteering in Africa, Asia or Latin America is a bucket list experience for many young people. But after spending a summer ‘helping’ at a school in South Africa, our writer reflects on their experience, asking how volunteerism – or “voluntourism” – entrenches power relations instead of altering them. They question the impact of their time at the school on local pupils and explore the effects of unilateral acts of assistance.

‘One Health’: Could tracking diseases in animals prevent the next pandemic?

In Namibia, vets are monitoring “zoonotic” diseases that jump from animals to humans in a bid to prevent the next pandemic. Just this week, the World Health Assembly has adopted a new Pandemic Treaty. But as Trump’s ‘America First’ approach sees the US withdraw from international treaties and cut global health funding, how can scientists track and intercept diseases that do not recognise borders? 

Subterfuge and surprise attacks: Jerusalem’s Armenians fight against the sale of their homeland

While Gaza is under attack and tensions between Palestinian and Israeli communities in Jerusalem are well known, Jerusalem’s Christian Armenians say they are battling for their own existence. Campaigners trying to protect Jerusalem’s historic Armenian Quarter from development deals say attacks on the city’s minority Christian population are being ignored.