The Atavist Magazine | The warring conmen at the heart of a €5bn carbon trading scam
Emissions trading was supposed to save the planet. But fraudsters quickly learned how to rip the system off, making themselves spectacularly rich. Then some of the major players started turning on each other.

People's World | Under U.S. arrangements, a so-called Multinational Security Support (MSS) force will soon be descending on Haiti. Its mission is suppressing gang violence. With their experience of earlier U.S. interventions, however, beleaguered Haitians can likely expect an aggravation of oppression, social disaster, and dependency.

Canadian Dimension | The Ottawa Declaration on Canadian Journalism is little more than a symbolic gesture of protest, but considering its source it no doubt sets the subsidies up for cancellation should the Conservatives form the next government as expected. That would precipitate a worse crisis, leaving cities from coast to coast without a major source of news.

Since 1949, the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut has been home to thousands of Palestinians. Visiting the camp last week, Jacobin found its population in dire conditions, with the cutting of Western aid to UNRWA further aggravating its bleak poverty.