Displacement

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Redevelopment proposal for Mumbai's largest informal settlement stirs controversy

Dharavi is known as the largest informal settlement in Asia, where 1 million people live in 1 square mile of Mumbai. For decades, it's been slated for redevelopment. Plans are finally taking shape, but debates remain over where people will live and work. 

Redevelopment proposal for Mumbai's largest informal settlement stirs controversy
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Faith and family sustain this Kyiv family in wartime Ukraine

Faith and family sustain this Kyiv family in wartime Ukraine
The view from the Emerald Line commuter rail, which follows the Pinheiros river and ends at Vila Natal, one of the enclaves of Venezuelan migrants in São Paulo.

'We have to fight': Venezuelan women lead migration to Brazil

'We have to fight': Venezuelan women lead migration to Brazil
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Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 

Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 
Alina Berezova and Stanislav Linevych, now a couple, talk about how they met on a dating app and moved in togethera after dating for six weeks amid war in Ukraine.

'We have to keep on living’: The search for love in wartime Ukraine

'We have to keep on living’: The search for love in wartime Ukraine
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A Cuban filmmaker returns home to see his family during the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades

​​​The economic crisis crippling Cuba is causing shortages of everything, from gas to food to medical supplies. Filmmaker Armando Guerra, who lives in Valencia, Spain, recently returned to his home city of Camaguey in central Cuba, where he found that things are worse than he expected.

A Cuban filmmaker returns home to see his family during the island nation’s worst economic crisis in decades
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Artist Yun-Fei Ji grew up during China's Cultural Revolution. He ponders art as 'global citizenship.'

Ji produces paintings using traditional Chinese methods, such as calligraphy and ink painting, to address serious contemporary topics such as migration, the environment and social issues. 

Artist Yun-Fei Ji grew up during China's Cultural Revolution. He ponders art as 'global citizenship.'
President George W. Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast. But the war dragged on for many years after that.

Citizen pain: Part II

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into how the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 not only dismantled the government but destroyed an entire nation, forcing a mass exodus of certain ethnic and religious minorities.

Citizen pain: Part II
Wide view of Almeria in southern Spain.

Migrant farmworkers in Spain living in makeshift encampments have little hope for formal work

Many migrant farmworkers in Spain say they can't afford housing, so they live in makeshift plastic housing near the farms where they work. Local governments have tried to remove these informal settlements and relocate people to shelters far from the farms — but they keep building back.

Migrant farmworkers in Spain living in makeshift encampments have little hope for formal work
Rescue workers clear the rubble from an apartment building that was destroyed in a Russian rocket attack at a residential neighbourhood in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. 

'We lost everything': African students who fled war in Ukraine continue to struggle

By and large, many African countries have stayed on the sidelines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. As major importers of wheat and fertilizers from the two warring nations, they are reluctant to jeopardize those vital supplies by taking sides, observed Olayinka Ajala, a lecturer at Leeds Beckett University in Britain.

'We lost everything': African students who fled war in Ukraine continue to struggle
rockstar inside a home

Ukrainian rock star reflects on a year of war in his country

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is vocal about supporting Ukraine, visiting troops on the front lines and raising money for the country. 

Ukrainian rock star reflects on a year of war in his country
All Assam Students Union (AASU) activists hold hands together as they form a human chain to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act on a road in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Critics say the bill threatens the secular fabric of India. 

Citizen pain: Part I

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into how states determine citizenship, with a spotlight on Assam, India, as the case study.  

Citizen pain: Part I
PTAK Expo Center in Warsaw, Poland.

Ukrainian refugees in Poland will now be charged to stay in state-funded housing

Poland has taken in more Ukrainian refugees than any other European nation. But from March 1, the Polish government has ruled that Ukrainians living in state-funded accommodation will have to start contributing toward their housing and food costs. 

Ukrainian refugees in Poland will now be charged to stay in state-funded housing
Odesa's opera house is known as the "heart" of the cultural city.

Odesa opera house remains ‘heart of the city’ amid ongoing war

During a rehearsal at the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Odesa, it’s easy to forget that Ukraine is a country at war. Despite attacks on the busy port city and cultural hub, the opera house remains open.

Odesa opera house remains ‘heart of the city’ amid ongoing war
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Ukrainians move home and promise: ‘It’s going to go back to normal’ 

In parts of northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, Russian troops were firmly in control for several weeks early last year. One village occupied by Russian soldiers and later retaken by Ukrainian forces is in the middle of trying to rebuild. 

Ukrainians move home and promise: ‘It’s going to go back to normal’