Author: Editorial Board
Breaking a Siege
In Bihać, Bosnia, a city once under siege, artist Adnan Dupanović created the mural Empathy on a building still bearing shrapnel scars from the war. […]
A Journalist’s First Obligation Is to the Truth – Why We Sent Our Editor Onboard the Gaza Flotilla
Members of the Conscience, aboard the Ship to Gaza, read the names of journalists and healthcare workers killed in Gaza, writing them onto a wall […]
The Colonial Present: By Any Means Necessary
In Johannesburg, families evicted for malls still wait in “temporary” shelters years later. Mothers nurture hope amid scarcity, children grow in shadows of dispossession—the same […]
The Earth Under Siege
The year 2025 must be the year we reject militarism, but not only with our tax money and feet on the ground at protests. We must also fight against the mentality we are asked to accept
Housing Crisis, One Year On
France, Paris, July 2025: Street art by Samione on an abandoned building in a suburb of Paris. ©Maryam Ashrafi Link copied! In June 2021, EU […]
Between Headlines and History
This year, perhaps more than our first year online, has tested our commitment to slow news journalism and in-depth reporting. We have resisted asking the question that drives the breaking news: what happened today that everyone should know?
The End of Liberal Democracy
France, Paris 2012: Shadow of a protester on the streets of Paris during a demonstration. ©Maryam Ashrafi Link copied! In the opening scene of her […]
Reclaiming Space: Digital Dissent in the Face of Surveillance
Turning Point aims to be part of building the free, principled, and independent media that our highly mediated and digitized societies need. As more and more media outlets and social networks fall under the control of reactionary billionaires and governing circles, we firmly believe this is among the key freedom struggles in the digital realm.
The Unfinished Rhyme of History
The saying history is written by the winners is also partly untrue and certainly defeatist. History is written by the people who make it, not by the people writing the history books.
The State of Women’s Rights in 2025: A Call to Action Against Global Regression
The first quarter of the 21st century has taught us a sobering lesson: our rights are not guaranteed. The struggle for gender equality requires women’s active participation in all realms of life—political, economic, and cultural.