Demokratisierung
Public discourse

Indispensable quality journalism

Journalism’s quality standards, and the public must understand them

Our point of view

Discerning public

The current flood of disinformation has many causes, all of which must be tackled

Social network

Fakebook

The world’s largest social network does not fight fake news and disinformation in a convincing way

Press freedom

Veiled threats and blatant harassment

Why online trolls could not tolerate my interview with a prominent Hindu guru

Press freedom

Hindutva trolls

In India, right-wing agitators are increasingly intimidating media workers online and offline

Modi should focus on hate crimes, not capital punishment

Why insisting on death sentence is wrong response to India’s sexualised-violence drama

Elections

A looming national crisis

In the run-up to the elections in Nigeria, a debate has broken out over the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari

DR Congo

Dangerous power play

Churches join forces to demand fair elections in the Congo

Blog

The spectacular results of reason, science and humanism

Harvard scholar assesses human progress – and how to enable further progress

Journalism

The methods of fact-checking

The basic principles of professional fact checking

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