MYSTERIOUS: 4 - What They Never Told You

A Week in Jharkhand's Forest Interior Reveals What Adivasi Communities Have Always Known About Survival

The Silence That Arrives Before You DoSomewhere past Chaibasa, the highway stops pretending. The road narrows, the phone signal drops in stages, and the sal forest closes in on both sides with a density that feels less like scenery and more like a position the trees have taken. You are…

Times Life · Aug 16

Hunter mine gets six year extension approved

The extension will allow the Hunter mine extract an additional two million tonnes of coal each year until 2032.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 15

Five years into Taliban rule, Afghanistan plunges into a state of collapse – visualised

The stark figures show that since the hardliners seized power in 2021, women have been erased from public life, poverty is forcing hopeless families to marry off their daughters and healthcare is on the brink of failure

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15

How can governments tackle poverty when climate change, conflict and economic shocks hit all at once?

Multiple and often overlapping crises such as floods or drought due to climate change, violent conflict and economic instability are creating new forms of vulnerability. Collectively they’re known as a polycrisis. These have severe effects on countries in sub-Saharan Africa with high poverty levels where weak institutions and limited public…

The Conversation · Aug 12

One-year payment needed to help escape family violence

Advocates are urging the prime minister to implement a 12-month safety payment for victim-survivors escaping violence.

AAP · Aug 12

Does my child qualify for free school meals? What to know as around 500,000 more pupils eligible

The Child Poverty Action Group has urged the Government to do more to let families know of the policy change

The Independent UK · Aug 11

World Bank warns Pakistan’s diversion of Balochistan housing funds could deepen poverty

The World Bank expressed serious concern over redirecting housing funds. This move could deepen poverty and increase disaster vulnerabilities for families. Many beneficiaries are ultra-poor, earning less than seventy dollars monthly. The bank warned that excluded families face a cycle of deeper poverty. Grievances were registered, and individual communication was…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

Parliamentary panel recommends mandatory kidney tests for all aged 20 yrs and above every 6 months

A parliamentary committee proposes mandatory kidney function tests for adults aged twenty and above. High-risk individuals will undergo annual screening to detect kidney disease early. This policy shift aims to prevent advanced kidney failure and slow disease progression. The committee also advocates for automatic eGFR reporting with serum creatinine tests.…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

Katriona O’Sullivan’s story of growing up in poverty is one that we can all learn from

Letters: Reading the memoir Poor reinforced the vastness and complexity of poverty – an issue that still blights the lives of countless young people today, says Sarah Schofield

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10

Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Southern Poverty Law Center

The court rejects the argument that the prosecution should be dismissed on the grounds that it's "vindictive."

Reason · Aug 10