Protecting health in dry cities: from evidence to action.

Cities in the US and beyond are increasingly claiming heat readiness as the climate crisis escalates, while starting to recognize its disproportionate burden on poorer residents. But are their plans sufficient, and can they implement them fast enough? reports

Indirect rule redux: the political economy of diamond mining and its relation to the Ebola outbreak in Kono District, Sierra Leone.

This article explores the relationship between the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak and the political economy of diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone. The authors argue that foreign companies have recycled colonial strategies of indirect rule to facilitate the illicit flow of resources out of Sierra Leone. Drawing on field research conducted during the outbreak and in its aftermath, they show how this 'indirect rule redux' undermines democratic governance and the development of revenue-generation institutions.