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Rising Prices, Shrinking Lives: Bangladesh’s Inflation Squeeze Tightens

by Asif Showkat Kallol The cost of living in Bangladesh is rising once again- and with it, a growing sense of distress among ordinary people. Inflation has crossed the 9% threshold, reaching 9.13% in February 2026, according to the latest…

EcoWaste Coalition’s Community and Church Partners Re-Enact Christ’s Sufferings in Via Crucis Held Amid Crisis in Waste, Oil, and Corruption

31 March 2026, Tondo, Manila. Under the scorching sun, some 400 people donning black veils and buri hats joined the environmental- and social justice-themed Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) held today by members and partners of the EcoWaste Coalition…

The invisible cost of corruption

For decades, Chile looked at itself in the mirror with complacency. We told ourselves we weren’t a corrupt country. The highest authorities of the State didn’t enrich themselves while in office, and there was no widespread corruption in the administrative…

#NotForThem: The hashtag of outrage

On the eve of the 2026 General Elections, a hashtag has taken over social media and moved from the digital realm to the streets: #NotForThesePeople. By Melissa Rubio The slogan originated as a wake-up call from commentators and digital collectives:…

Generation Z: “To rise up against corruption, in alliance with all peoples”

David versus Goliath. At a press conference, the Peruvian Alliance Against Corruption, made up of various self-organized groups and spokespeople for Generation Z, announced the massive National March to be held this Saturday, June 6th, and Sunday, June 7th, demanding…

When power loses its shame, the boundary between ethics, immorality, and crime disappears

Trust is the invisible foundation of a country. It’s what sustains everything: the rule of law, the economy, democratic coexistence. When trust is broken, it’s not just a symbolic bond that is severed: the entire structure upon which communal life…

The “Corporation of Silence”

Special Report: The construction of the media agenda in the capital of the Movimiento Popular Neuquino (MPN) [Neuquén People’s Movement, the dominant local political party]. Kiñe | One. What information appears when I Google the name “Claude Staicos”? An official page titled “laverdaddemilo.com“.…

A Map of Our Sins, Written in Water

A fine, misty rain pattered against the windowpane, a soft, relentless rhythm that did nothing to soothe the gloom settling in my chest. Each distant rumble of thunder felt like an echo of the dread tightening in my stomach. My…

Africa’s Addiction to Aid

by Mesay Berhanu Gemechu Is it the beginning of the end of Africa’s overreliance on foreign aid? Trump’s decision to end the flow of aid going to the developing world, notably Africa, which has been channeled through the USAID over…

Finish Line of the “Trka do Brisela” in the Heart of Europe

The « héros et héroïnes à vélo » (heroes and heroines on bicycles), having accomplished the monumental feat of cycling across Europe from Novi Sad to Strasbourg between 3 and 15 April 2025, have continued to reinvent new ways to…

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