We are facing a global crisis of biodiversity loss that has been called planet Earth’s sixth mass extinction. At the same time, it is estimated that a language goes extinct every two weeks. These two processes are intertwined.
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"“They said that if we didn’t accept the flat, child protection services would come and take our children away.” Other Roma families displaced from Keleti told us stories of similar threats." unbiasthenews.org/we-can-only-...
Billions of euros to promote Roma inclusion are vanishing into projects with no transparency or measurable impacts. We found evidence of some of this EU money being spent on displacing or demonizing Roma communities in Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechia and Italy.
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When you pick up a $1-plastic item from a dollar store shelf, you’re not just paying for the product; you’re stepping into a climate footprint that spans continents.
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How do communities fight back against authoritarianism and elite capture? What are the tools and strategies in the Democracy Playbook? unbiasthenews.org/democracy-pl...
Along the #Indo-Bangladesh border, #childhood is shaped by #fear and #stigma. From #WestBengal's #borderlands, I report on #loss, #securitisation and how it impacts #earlychildhood for Unbias The News. Edited by @tinaleeinberlin.bsky.social. The story: unbiasthenews.org/growing-up-t...
“We could not understand what was the basis of using live ammunition to attack people who may have been engaged in an illegal activity, but did not pose threat to life and yet were being fatally targeted for, say smuggling one cow." unbiasthenews.org/growing-up-t...
"The Brazilian media has become obsessed with Belém’s poverty and underdevelopment – shortcomings that weren’t deemed newsworthy until the urban Amazon became a focus of the world’s attention." unbiasthenews.org/cop-comes-to...
"Bwala also said that Nigeria’s government saw Trump’s threats as a negotiating tactic, and added that Nigeria’s government would welcome increased intelligence sharing from the United States." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
When the Indian government quietly approved projects that would cut through Goa’s ancient forests, an unlikely alliance rose in defiance. Read the latest in Democracy Playbook:
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An accident at a Chinese mine poisoned homes and fields in Zambia. The compensation offers came with a catch: Don’t talk about it.
New: A community investigation in suburbs of Paris and Barcelona tracked indoor temps and found them soaring above the heat on the street or other parts of the city. Will urban inequality drive health risks from heatwaves? unbiasthenews.org/twenty-degre...
'They allege that officers, dressed in ‘full combat gear, often masked, carrying weapons, bearing flash grenades and tear gas canisters…have repeatedly advanced upon those present at the scene who posed no imminent threat to law enforcement.’ www.axios.com/2025/10/06/d...
"The biggest group affected by these deportations are unsheltered migrants – basically, those living on the streets – from Central and Eastern Europe, mainly Poland and Romania."
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You're welcome, its important work and hopefully will get the attention of EU policy-makers!
"A major new investigation traced dozens of EU payments to farms that have breached, are under investigation for, or have already been convicted of labour-related offences."
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For decades, Moroccan immigrants have called La Cañada Real home. Now, real estate speculators are closing in on the informal settlement. But women are fighting back.
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Artists and photographers own copyright to their content, and can sue if its reproduced without consent. Then why is it so difficult for OnlyFans creators to ensure their content isn't stolen?
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The Playbook: How underdog CHP made a comeback and shook up Turkish politics unbiasthenews.org/democracy-pl...
The fall of Assad brings into focus the tenuous place of 1.4 million Syrians in Europe. From legal and logistical barriers to the complexities of lives and identities split between different cultures, many Syrians are also grappling with their relationship to home.
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A migrant-led movement has used tactics from theatre to unionization to demand equal rights and dignity for those doing society’s most undervalued labor. unbiasthenews.org/democracy-pl...
India’s recent deportation drive targeting its Muslim minority was marked by home demolitions, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and a lack of due process.
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Ever since sanitary workers were attacked, trash is piling up in Bamenda, Cameroon causing health problems, stifling business, and generally showing how conflict can poison every part of public life.
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Critics warn the law would hinder the search for truth about the victims of Peru’s decades-long armed conflict.
"The comments came in response to a U.N. report released last month that alleged technology firms including Google... had profited from “the genocide carried out by Israel” in Gaza by providing cloud and AI technologies to the Israeli government"
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In Karachi, where monsoon season often means days without electricity, flooded roads and property damage, is rain truly a rehmat (blessing) from nature or ongoing zehmat (misery) for city dwellers?
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"Since the start of his second term, however, his administration has leaned less on climate denial and more on what might be called climate dismissal: diminishing, ridiculing or rejecting the idea that climate change is worth any effort to study or try to slow."
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“We used to joke that there is an energy, a spirit of Roșia Montană. Once it gets hold of you, there is no escape. I wasn’t the only one who experienced this transformation. Many others lived this too.”
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Ever heard of Rosia Montana in Romania? Miriam Tepes-Handaric shows how decades of creative resistance, lawsuits, and mass protest across the country have staved off powerful mining concerns determined to turn this ancient village into a cyanide pit unbiasthenews.org/democracy-pl...
