‘What did these Cuban children do?’: US embargo blamed as infant mortality soars
Article / 13th February 2026Infant mortality is on the rise in Cuba as the Trump administration tightens a decades-long economic embargo on the island nation in hopes of toppling a socialist government that’s outlasted a dozen US presidents.
Ignoring China’s poverty alleviation success is costing us all
Article / 4th February 2026China’s poverty alleviation success is nothing short of a miracle. In today’s age of deepening global inequality, we cannot afford to continue ignoring methods proven capable of producing real, large-scale improvements in people’s lives.
Economic growth at any cost fails us all
Article / 30th January 2026Economic growth is no magic bullet. But an alternative approach can shift economies away from profit maximization and towards the fulfilment of human rights.
Global survey: citizens in most countries lean toward a world parliament
Article / 28th January 2026As democracy faces pressure around the world and confidence in international law drops, a new global survey reveals that citizens in a vast majority of countries support the idea of creating a citizen-elected world parliament to deal with global issues.
Skyrocketing military spending undermines development aid to world’s poor
Article / 8th January 2026The statistics are staggering: while military spending keeps skyrocketing, Official Development Assistance from the rich to some of the world’s poorer nations has been declining drastically.