Crowdsourcing new constitutions: how 2 Latin American countries increased participation and empowered groups excluded from politics
Over the past few decades, countries across Latin America have witnessed a surge in demands by its people for increased political participation and representation. Colombia and Chile stand out as nota...
15 Juni 202338min
Beauty procedures from manicures to cosmetic surgery carry risk and the potential reward of a better life
Making yourself more beautiful can result in tangible, material rewards. Pretty privilege, as it is called, can lead to greater access to money and social capital, resulting in a better quality of lif...
8 Juni 202331min
Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to combat the impacts of climate change
A number of activist groups, mostly from developing nations already facing the realities of a changing climate, are taking a new legal approach to climate action. They are arguing that climate change ...
1 Juni 202341min
Improving how the IMF does business could help billions of people worldwide
In countries across the Global South, the launch of IMF programs often sparks considerable concern. This is because of the IMF’s reputation: during the 1980s, many nations in Africa, Asia and Latin Am...
25 Maj 202336min
The solutions needed to address climate change already exist – Fear and Wonder podcast
One of the key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report is that there are solutions available right now, across all sectors of the economy, that could at lea...
18 Maj 202344min
Fast Fashion: Why garment workers’ lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza
Ten years ago this month, much attention turned to the global garment industry when a group of garment factories collapsed at Rana Plaza near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The accident, called a “mass industrial...
11 Maj 202343min
Cloud seeding can increase rain and snow, and new techniques may make it a lot more effective
Small amounts of rain can mean the difference between struggle and success. For nearly 80 years, an approach called cloud seeding has, in theory, given people the ability to get more rain and snow fro...
4 Maj 202343min
Dangerous and dirty – but cheap – used cars exported from the US and Europe are filling roads in Africa
In countries across Africa and Latin America, old used cars from places like the U.S. and Europe provide vital access to transportation to people who would otherwise be unable to afford their own vehi...
27 Apr 202330min
