Countries across the Global South are experiencing climate, poverty and development crises — all made worse by the unbearable costs of debt…

Negotiators from Africa and elsewhere in the Global South huddle on the final day of the COP29 climate talks in Baku. Credit:…

As the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan enter their second week, the theme of the first has been one of slow progress and frustration, according…

Suriname is a former Dutch colony in South America, best known for the pristine Amazon forests that cover 93 percent of the…

At the COP29 climate talks, World Bank President Ajay Banga (middle) committed to increase climate finance available through MDBs for low- and…

Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect…

Today, the world is confronting a “polycrisis” – many dire crises occurring simultaneously, reinforcing and feeding into each other, that are inseparable.…

Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt. At a time when the national debt exceeds $35 trillion, U.S. citizens are awash…

Protests ignited by recent IMF-backed reforms in Kenya show no signs of abating. Demonstrations began in June when Kenyan president William Ruto proposed taxes on…

A few weeks ago, Joe Biden tweeted with the promise of another round of student debt cancellation. For good reason, this one…