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Poverty needs to change. We do not value what poor people do but we only make rich people richer. This is a kind of theft that we look at in this issue. This idea for change is not new. But it is more urgent today because there is no reason why we should still have poverty and no reason why inequality is growing and out of control.

Read about Junaid, a university lecturer waiting on death row because of blasphemy:

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Amel al-Zakout is a Syrian artist. She nearly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after her boat turned over on the way to Greece. Gerard Canals is a volunteer lifeguard. He saved Amel's life. Now they speak together for the first time since the rescue.

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Hindus and Muslims live peacefully together in the holy city of Varanasi in India. But Varanasi is prime minister Narendra Modi's constituency and his Hindu nationalist party want to control all of India and only give rights to Hindus.

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As tourists we enjoy the great national parks in the USA, Africa, and Asia. But they were the homes of indigenous tribes. Read about the violence againat the indigenous peoples.

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What can we do to help the environment if we have to fly a lot for our work? Read what one person does:

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A group protesting against a coalmine in the north of England asked Extinction Rebellion for help. Read what happened.

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Who will suffer most from the Coronavirus? The rich, the poor, Europe, or Africa?

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Boris Johnson, the British prime minster, is asking people to self-isolate to help to stop coronavirus. But is this possible for everyone?

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