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No positive news
People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system

Staying clean

Staying clean
Drug rehabilitation in Indonesia

Giving up partisan politics?

Giving up partisan politics?
Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics

Promoting pluralism

Promoting pluralism
Pesantren progressives defend constitutional religious freedoms

Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival

Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival
Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity

Skin deep

Skin deep
Young Indonesians struggle to resist the power of the skin whitening industry

Where are you (not) from?

Where are you (not) from?
Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places

The rise and fall of a gangster

The rise and fall of a gangster
Ethics and politics don’t mix in the world of Jakarta’s preman

An unholy alliance

An unholy alliance
Political thugs and political Islam work together in Banten

Marginal and tattooed

Marginal and tattooed
A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos

A different kind of party

A different kind of party
PKS gets serious about recruitment in Malang

Music for the fight, movements for the soul

Music for the fight, movements for the soul
Fight-choreography in West Java is a source of cultural pride

Seeking Soeparno

Seeking Soeparno
A man who left his home to work in a plantation half-way around the world

When is a public holiday not a holiday?

When is a public holiday not a holiday?
The 100 year anniversary of Indonesia’s ‘National Awakening’ fails to inspire

An evening with Abu Bakar Ba’asyir

An evening with Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
Firebrand preacher’s audience doesn’t burn with enthusiasm

A world of reading

A world of reading
Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten

Jungle Schools

Jungle Schools
Volunteers bring alternative education to marginalised communities

Angel sparks controversy

Angel sparks controversy
Journalists strike after West Java’s most famous newspaper ‘withdraws’ poem.

Voices from the muddy void

Voices from the muddy void
Living with the Lapindo disaster

Classroom culture shock

Classroom culture shock
An Australian teacher trainer learns a lesson (or two) in East Java

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