Als je bezig bent met het bouwen van een huis, dan kan je wel eens vergeten waar je het ook al weer voor deed. Dat geldt voor onze woongemeenschap net zo goed.

Internetgoeroe en mediaprofessor Douglas Rushkoff voert campagne tegen het technokapitalisme van Silicon Valley. Team Human, heet zijn project. Als we niet oppassen, gaan we steeds meer lijken op de algoritmes die ze van ons maken.

The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: "Why have we ever signed this?"

Many Europeans fear TTIP, because it could enable American companies to file claims against their states. The strange thing, however, is that Western Europe is becoming a big hub in this mechanism, called ISDS, leading to billion dollar claims against poorer countries.

Many asylum seekers are being denied refugee status by the Dutch authorities, but cannot go back to their own country either. Forced removals are doing little to better the situation.

The share of organic cotton is increasing in an unstable cotton market, thanks to big European retailers like H&M and C&A who've jumped on the bandwagon of offering organic clothing at a low price. But whether this benefits the farmer is another matter.

Many people are appalled by the anti-Polish website established recently by the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV). The site encourages complaints against migrant workers from Central and Eastern Europe, particularly from Poland. The Poles are hitting back with their own hotlines, and humour.