PRIVATE 48

The pictures of this issue show economic inequalities as they are today in a way which breaks the stupor of…

In Durres in Albania there’s a big garbage dump that lies on the shores of the contaminated Porto Romano area.

One of the bleak, shocking realities of life in Hong Kong, is the humiliating situation of men living in cages.…

China is in constant demand for workers to build new cities that will accommodate the emerging middle class. A flux…

Jonathan Taggart, Split Like a Crutch, from PRIVATE 48 – Economic inequalities, pp. 20-23 [T]he reserves of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation are scattered along both…

In the summer of 2001, only months before 9/11, photographer Robert Knoth and writer Antoinette de Jong travelled on horseback…

Living standards in Egypt are low by international standards, and have declined consistently since 1990.

East Greenland has the highest suicide rate among young people. The increase in suicides could be explained the destruction of…

Ritdiena is a latvian word that means tomorrow. Latvia is suffering the gloomiest economic crisis in Europe. Its foreign debt…

Since 2001, a major feud between rival organized crime families has led to serious gang related violence. Actual war zones…

William Daniels, Faded Tulips. In 2005 the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan brought hope for democracy. Motivated by social injustice, the…

In Honduras crime is endemic. Violent crime is rampant; the per capita murder rate the second in the world rankings.…

Every year thousands of Central Americans from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras illegally enter Mexico via the southern border with…

After the Second World War, Tokyo city and its urban planning office decided to pay more attention to providing housing…

South Africa is entering a second period of significant change since the end of Apartheid. I was in Johannesburg for…

Tourists may dream of postcard landscapes, but paradise can be destroyed by the deadly tempests the poor living in the…

Magnitogorsk or Magnitka, a Russian mill town of 420,000 people is one of the most polluted places on Earth. Founded…

Singur and Nandigram are two villages situated in one of India’s most remarkable States. Totally dependent on agriculture, these two…

Just a few hours after entering the largest maternity hospital in Sierra Leone a 26 year old healthy woman dies…