GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2015

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The main topic this month is democracy in the digital age:

This is the main article - how can we make the world really democratic in this age of technology? - look at some great examples from Iceland:

And here is a quick quiz - how much do you know about Democracy in 2015? How many people use the Internet in the world? What percentage of Africa, and of Europe can use the Internet? Try the quiz, then check your answers on the infographic:

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Web exclusives:

We need a new language to talk about nature - or we will lose our relationship with nature:

From the blogs this month:

The Pope's in the Philippines - he says they must stop corruption and end inequality:

What is Shell doing in the Niger Delta? - if people fight, maybe Shell will take more responsibility and pay and help clean up the oil spills:

Read about the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and how this could help extremism in Europe:

Also related to the Paris attacks, is religion, in general, a positive or negative force in the world? And where to people with no religion get their morals from?:

Why is there so much in the news about the Paris attacks, and very little about the Boko Haram attacks in Baka, Nigeria? - who chooses what is in the news, and why?

Are women in India really free?

Does money make us happy? Does capitalism make us unhappy?