Issue 479

January / February 2015 - "Democracy in the digital age"

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

• QUIZ - Democracy in 2015

From this month's magazine:

• Democracy in the digital age

• Dreams of freedom, dreams of control

• Are we talking more or listening more on the internet?

Web exclusives this month:

• Forget boundaries; we need bridges

• An honest conversation with the Earth

From the blogs this month:

• Kenyan railway will destroy the slums

• Paris vs Baga: who chooses what is in the news?

• The Pope in the Philippines

• Shell doesn't take responsibility for oil spills

• The Paris attack and extremist Europe

• Questioning religion

• How to be a good Indian woman

• Does our money-crazy world really make us happy?