Italy

Italy is experiencing one of the harshest summers on record, yet ongoing election campaigns zero-in on winning votes.

In this photo essay, Sofia Cherici and Federico Ambrosini explore how schools and teachers can transform their surrounding community.

What his philosophy and politics have to offer on the European Green Deal and its promise of a just transition.

Venice‘s changing relationship with the lagoon surrounding it could herald the decline of the city and its ecosystem.

In the lead up to the Italian local elections, Marina Adami explains some of the complexities of the current political landscape.

An international energy agreement allows corporations to sue nation-states for phasing out fossil fuels.

Torrential online abuse is reproducing structural inequalities and weakening democracy.

Designed to safeguard against a return of authoritarianism, the Italian constitutional framework leaves little space for direct democracy – yet referendums are not uncommon in the country.

A photo essay by Sofia Cherici and Federico Ambrosini tells the story of how, for one Italian town, democracy is an ongoing struggle for justice and self-determination.

Mario Draghi has reset the agenda and forged a consensus on recovery but the real politics still lies ahead.