Reportage
The true face of the drug epidemic ravaging UK prisons
‘I died three times’ — Record levels of drug use, violence and overcrowding are turning prisons into a toxic environment, with riots set to continue unless sweeping reforms are made.
Written by: Alex King
Snapshots of the Rainbow Nation before and after Apartheid fell
Now and Then — Photographer Graeme Williams creates a thread between the present and past in Mandela's South Africa.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Footwork Japan: Dance battling in the Land of the Rising Sun
D.A.N.C.E. — Dance music has just jumped way off the hook, thanks to the madcap rhythms of Footwork and Juke. From the rough-and-tough projects of Chicago’s West Side to the pristine streets of Tokyo, Footworking dance battles are suddenly where it’s at. Just ask DJ Fulltono – the sub-genre’s number-one Japanese fan.
Written by: Furutono Koichi aka DJ Fulltono
The teen who broke social order to bring skateboarding to Bulgaria in the 90s
Shredding out of Communism — How one man fostered a vibrant youth scene out of the rubble of a fallen state.
Written by: Niall Neeson
An appeal from Aleppo: 'Every moment of delay is a loss of life'
Listen to the White Helmets — Ismail Alabdullah is a volunteer rescue worker on the ground in Aleppo. He’s desperate for the international community to protect civilians trapped in the devastated city.
Written by: Alex King
London's young Muslim rappers know the power of verse
Holy lyrics — Across Britain, a new generation of outspoken young rappers are interweaving Islam and hip hop to create a lyrical tapestry that’s all their own.
Written by: Cyrus Shahrad
Atlanta’s hip hop barbershops are the voice of Black America
Hair cuts and homegrown sounds — Photojournalist Kendrick Brinson discovers the subcultural undercurrent of Atlanta's finest barbershops.
Written by: Kendrick Brinson
Photographers capture the human stories behind 70 years of refugee crises
Empathy and understanding — A new exhibition with Amnesty celebrates how Magnum photographers have borne witness and tried to explain the driving forces behind migration crises since the agency’s founding in 1947.
Written by: Alex King
The street racing Palestinian women refusing to slow down
I can breathe — In the close confines of Palestinian life, a nascent street-racing scene is hurtling up and taking root. For one of the women sat behind the wheel, freedom is what happens when you refuse to slow down.
Written by: Polly Fields
The man who eats roadkill
Waste not, want not — Arthur Boyt likes to forage for his food, shunning the supermarket shelf for what lies beside the road. Could his unusual lust for roadkill be a lesson in subsistence?
Written by: Cyrus Shahrad
