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Huawei managers at an event to promote a new mobile device in Nairobi in 2019

Cyberspace

Defining the new digital world order

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by Charles Martin-Shields
Diversity has increased, and so have tuition fees: University of California, Berkeley.

Diversity

Why racist attitudes lead to neglection of common good

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by Hans Dembowski
Government as a family affair: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) greeting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (right) with another brother, Chamal Rajapaksa (who now is serving as irrigation minister) looks on during an official ceremony in August 2020.

Online media

How Sri Lanka keeps the press muzzled

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by Arjuna Ranawana
At a memorial service in Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland, a Roma flag is displayed in memory of the Roma and Sinti murdered by the German Nazi regime in the Second World War.

Sinti and Roma

Sinti and Roma demand equality and participation

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Covid-19 has hit indigenous communities especially hard.

Prejudice

Mexico’s racial divide

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
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
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
E-waste piled up for disassembling on a scrap yard in Ghana in 2019.

Planetary boundaries

Consumerism is unsustainable

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
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