In East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia, a 10-year-old boy’s suicide exposes the limits of income-based poverty metrics. Multidimensional data show that deprivation in Indonesia often clusters long before a family is officially classified as poor.

Indonesia’s mineral riches continue to clash with its green goals. A new law has been passed to regulate mining and protect the environment and local communities, but its enforcement remains weak.

The arrests of activists, the influence of algorithms, and the surge of public frustration are revealing how social media is actively fueling Indonesia’s ongoing democratic reckoning