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21 – 22 Oct, 2025
Trust Conference
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Context is the Foundation’s award-winning media platform, providing news and analysis around three of the most significant and interconnected issues of our time: climate change, the effects of technology on society, and socio-economic inequality. Our human-centered journalism is delivered across a range of formats — from in-depth stories to videos and podcasts to newsletters.
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Anxious but undeterred, migrants brace for Trump presidency
MEXICO CITY – After waiting for seven months, Nicaraguan migrant Aldo is only two numbers away from being assigned an asylum appointment through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
Ahead of Trump term, U.S. cities grapple with homelessness
WASHINGTON – U.S. cities are grappling with a quickly changing landscape in how to respond to a worsening homelessness crisis, following a ground-breaking Supreme Court decision in June and…
After a year of elections, what's next for democracy in 2025?
NEW DELHI – Elections in countries that are home to almost half of the world’s population made this the
Meet the illegal oil refiners of Nigeria
Deep inside the mangrove forests of the Niger Delta, thousands of young men use makeshift equipment, risking arrest and accidents, to refine a valuable commodity: oil. They fill a pressing gap in Nigeria. Africa’s top…
After the worst of years, hope is depleted in Gaza
BEIRUT – More than 45,000 Palestinians killed, half of whom were women and children. Some…