The jfa editorial board
This United Nations Day (October 24), the jfa editorial board assesses the failure of three decades of UN peacekeeping missions in Somalia to deliver positive outcomes for Somali civilians.
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The jfa editorial board
This World Mental Health Day, Anna Luo examines the mental health crisis in Palestine under occupation, and the impact of armed conflict on the mental wellbeing of Syrian people within the country and abroad.
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Eric Abalajon
Eric Abalajon paints a picture of a rally held on International Human Rights Day in Canada, where allies “numb their discomforts” in order to raise their voices against greater sufferings.
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Binazir Haidari
Binazir Haidari calls out the double standards of France’s hijab ban, reminding us that the Taliban are not unique in policing womens’ bodies.
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Andre Peltier
In this poem, Andre Peltier explores the impact of resource extraction on our natural environment.
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Jonathan Chan
This poem commemorates the migrant workers who lost their lives due to an explosion in Tuas, Singapore, a base for industrial activity.
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Joy Martins
Close to 500 undocumented people in Brussels have been occupying the Béguinage church, the ULB, and the VUB since the end of January 2021. Joy Martins photographs the strikers as they demand for legal regularisation.
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On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, the editorial board examines three case studies of increasing Islamophobia across the world.
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Surina Venkat
Surina Venkat takes readers through the life and death of one of the most iconic figures of colonial India: Rani of Jhansi, freedom fighter and warrior queen.
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Damien Posterino
This poem reflects on humanity’s passiveness in the face of the climate crisis.
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Kellerine Quah
In this poem, Kellerine Quah writes on the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, commenting on how the stories we see and hear can never fully cover the depths of someone’s lived experiences.
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Emma De Carvalho
A common rebuke against prison abolition is that there is no information on how it would take place. In this opinion column, Emma looks at the lessons we can derive from the Norwegian prison model to rethink our own prisons.
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Émilie Herbert-Pontonnier
Émilie Herbert-Pontonnier reports on how for Romani families in Italy, racism has worsened during Covid-19. Roma families living in informal settlements are often evicted without any alternative housing solution. Under these circumstances, people with small children – some infected with Covid-19 – have been seeking refuge wherever they can.
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Kenneth Johnson
Recalling a significant but underrepresented historical event, Kenneth Johnson spotlights the Orangeburg Massacre, a painful and tragic chapter in American history for Black Americans.
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