Let them in!
Why rich countries should open their borders to less-skilled migrants. Philippe Legrain | April 2007 issue We take it for granted that restrictions on the movement of people should exist. In particular, we assume that it is normal and desirable that people in poor countries should be confined Read More...
Seeking the truth in Louisiana
The case of the Angola 3 raises disturbing questions about race, justice and the fate of two imprisoned activists. Anita Roddick | April 2007 issue I am certainly not the only one on the airplane headed to New Orleans with a knot in my stomach, wondering what I might find. It's a little over a year Read More...
And then we started a movement
Jaya Arunachalam is leading a movement for women's independence in India. Ode spoke with her about why mircrocredit is not enough. Marco Visscher | March 2007 issue On the table between us is a copy of Ode. "Turning poverty into peace," reads the cover, showing a photograph of a beaming Muhammad Read More...
Educating Akello
One man's effort to help a Ugandan girl stay in school shows the complicated issues involved with Western aid. Richard Dowden| March 2007 issue Too small to reach the seat, she cycles with one leg sticking through the frame of the old-fashioned bicycle and stops in front of me, blocking my way. She Read More...
Another world is possible
A conversation with Chico Whitaker, founder of the World Social Forum and latest winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize Marco Visscher | Jan/Feb 2007 issue Tension hung in the air. The third World Social Forum (WSF) was to be held the next day and Porto Alegre’s university was preparing for an Read More...
Justice for peace
Karen Tse makes a strong case against torture Nynke Sietsma| December 2006 issue Karen Tse couldn’t be more clear about her dream: She wants to eliminate torture in the world. It certainly doesn’t sound simple, but Tse says it could be. “We just have to make a decision as a global community Read More...
One last thing...
"child labor shouldn't be banned" Marco Visscher | December 2004 issue What? Shouldn’t kids be able to go to school and play outside?“Of course, that’s the image we’d like to have of children. Unfortunately, this is not reality. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), Read More...
Save the children
Mary Kafuko gets kids off the street in Uganda Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...
The pilot who said no
Yonatan Shapira stood up for peace inside the Israeli Air ForceRobert Hirschfield | Jan/Feb 2006 issue Many in Israel are still trying to make sense of Yonatan Shapira, an Israeli Black Hawk helicopter pilot who in September 2003 made public a “pilots’ letter of refusal” which he authored Read More...
The most hopeful courtroom in the world
The European Court of Human Rights shows how justice can cross borders. Is it a model for the whole planet? Jay Walljasper | April 2006 issue The plight of 5-year-old Tabitha Kaniki Mitunga sparked international controversy in 2002 when Belgian officials detained her alone at an immigration centre Read More...