Interrupting racism in Korea
August 11, 2022

Can a three-letter word help us change our approach toward discrimination?

“Heard” but not seen: Being Black in South Korea
August 11, 2022

Accordingly, for many nightclubs in Seoul, providing a foreigner-free experience is a selling point to attract customers, as a certain contingent of the clientele is more comfortable enjoying their night solely in the company of ethnic Koreans.

How to inject some optimism into your climate doom diet
August 5, 2022

Curiosity and wonder are good anecdotes against fear.

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Getting in the room: The young women at the forefront of the battle for democracy and environmental justice in Brazil
August 2, 2022

“We’re all in the same boat, as climate change affects everyone, but very few have a life jacket.”

Who moved my copper?
July 25, 2022

Zambia is a case in point. In 2020, the south African country was found to be a debt defaulter. The amount in question was 17 billion USD. But why is this happening to a country rich in copper and cobalt, two of the world’s most sought after metals?

It’s The Little Things: Life as a visually impaired person in Nigeria
July 19, 2022

Despite the difficulties Nigerian society imposes on people with visual impairments, many lead everyday lives.

Little Help: The downsides of working for a top cleaning platform in Germany
July 11, 2022

“For us, it’s an evil we have to accept. Faced with not finding work and not being fluent in the language…well, we take what we can get.” -Nani

Detained Davincis: Artists in Lithuania draw attention to the plight of asylum-seekers
July 7, 2022

In May 2021, several thousand people crossed from Belarus into Lithuania, seeking asylum in the European Union. One year later, most remain in detention.

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Late Summer Reading Recommendations
July 1, 2022

Here’s what the team at Unbias the News has been reading this summer!

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Unpaid wages, paid press conferences: How politicians manipulate the news in Cameroon
June 23, 2022

In most parts of Cameroon, the news is what the newsmaker wants it to be, and a brown envelope with cash can buy anyone exactly the news they want the public to hear.

Inside a lush rainforest, a sinking construction crane makes its way through
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How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is echoing in the Amazon

Anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros has asserted a very striking phrase: “The indigenous people are specialists in the end of the world, since theirs ended in 1500,” referring to the year the Portuguese landed in Brazil.

A tree is wracked with missiles and weapons in this illustration by Antoine Bouraly
Story

Syria’s Poisoned Earth

“I heard the noise of a scouting plane… It was so close. I knew it was going to fall down, but I did not imagine it would crash into my farmland,” says Amin*, who rushed at the time to see the flames devouring his land.

Waves and lightening strikes wash away buildings of all sorts, windmills, churches, bridges, huts in this image by Victoria Shibaeva
Behind the Scenes

Why we are launching the Sinking Cities Project

Unbias the News will connect, train, and publish local journalists covering how rising sea levels and coastal flooding caused by climate change threaten cities.

Behind the Scenes

How it started | How it’s going

Holy cow, it’s been a ride: After eight years, Co-Founder Tabea Grzeszyk is going on a sabbatical in 2022. Join her on a look back!

People work on a farm, feeding chickens and fish with insects. In the background, you see their laundry hanging to dry, including soldiers uniforms.
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Trading guns for fish and insects, former FARC combatants find a path back to civilian life

Sandra did not know anything about the climate crisis and its causes , nor did she know about food insecurity and the possible solutions to it when she surrendered her weapon to the United Nations after the guerrilla group she was part of, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP), signed a peace agreement with the Colombian state.

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