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AI can boost participation, but it can also facilitate manipulation and threaten democracies.

Artificial Intelligence

The future is still ours to shape

Humanity is entering a new reality. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence will change our lives, but how – and who will be in charge.

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

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Shoppers in Jakarta’s Chinatown in February: Covid-19 has slowed down business.

Discrimination

Indonesia’s ethnic resentments

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter in “The Hate U Give”.

Summer Special

A shy girl becomes the face of anti-racist protests

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by Sinikka Soriya Dombrowski
Salesperson with skin-lightening product in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in 2016.

Skin-whitening products

Why lighter complexions are associated with higher status

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Many middle-class families earn their incomes with a small shop.

Social mobility

How to spot members of Nepal’s middle class

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by Rukamanee Maharjan
Police officer taking a knee with Californian anti-racism activists.

Our view

Decoupling prosperity from skin colour

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by Katja Dombrowski

East Africa

Two African neighbours give peace a chance

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by Mireille Kanyange
Melinda and Bill Gates in 2019.

Blog

Why taxes beat philanthropy

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by Hans Dembowski
In Ethiopia, greater purchasing power has not led to a strengthening of democracy: salesman in Addis Ababa.

Social stratification

Myths of middle class dynamism

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by Henning Melber

Easter Island

Song of home

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by Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa
Vaccine hesitancy is spreading, but many people are proud of getting their jab.

Chronic diseases

Brazil’s health-care challenges

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by Thuany Rodrigues