The growth of the private rented sector in the UK is well documented, as is the fact that landlords have pushed up house prices. Here Seb Klier of Generation Rent explains why you still can’t afford to buy a home.

In February one side of the Atlantic celebrated Black History Month, the other celebrated LGBT History Month. Later in the year we’ll swap. Here Wail Qasim reminds us of the links we’re forgetting.

Our financial system is hooked on the buoyancy of an unsustainable housing market. Homes routinely ‘earn’ more than people do. How did we get here? And is this actually ever going to change?

GDP is built on a great lie. Here Lorenzo Fioramonti explains why GDP is such a dangerous number.

It’s probably very nice to earn huge amounts of money, but even if you do, you’re not in the top 1%. Trust us. Tim Di Muzio explains what the 1% really is.

Despite a number of alleged virtues, emissions trading have evolved into a precarious and dangerous mechanism. Lorenzo Fioramonti explains why.

China’s hard, economic clout versus Russia’s soft power. Sure China and Russia are cooperating in the building of a new silk road, but who will win the battle for Central Asia?

We’ve teamed up with Yonis Ali Nur and Mary Harper to publish a Somali edition of Getting Somalia Wrong? Download it for free here.

The average annual per capita GDP of the countries that have built walls or fences at their borders since the fall of the Berlin Wall is $14,067; the average for the countries on the other side of these barriers is $2,801. Here Reece Jones answers the question: what’s a border wall really for?