Floods like the ones that affected BA and La Plata are increasingly common, and if the necessary infrastructure works are not carried out, their consequences will only get worse. Kari Paul reports.

Emily Tarbuck talks to Yo No Fui, an organisation that strives to provide educational, artistic, and social projects for the female inmates of Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza prison.

In praise of all those women who inspire us, The Indy is dedicating the entire month to women, culminating in a Women’s Month event on 20th March at Galería Foster Catena in Palermo.

Lina Soualem talks to French anonymous artist JR about ‘Women are Heroes’, the street-art photography project dedicated to women that brought him to Latin America.

A large demonstration was held in Plaza de Mayo last Friday demanding justice for the victims of the Once train crash. Kari Paul analyses what has been done so far, and why it is still not enough.

Cultural space Sala Alberdi has been taken over in protest since 2010. However the conflict, a symbol of the struggle against the privatisation of culture, has intensified this year. Aigul Safiullina reports.

Twenty-eight teenagers will graduate from Cardenal Pironio school in Nordelta this year, the first class to have completed their entire education inside a gated community. Sociologist Soledad Vega reports.

As the Buenos Aires city legislature debates the subte transfer today, Anna Johansson revisits the year-long conflict over the underground and explains why a solution may still be far off.

Founded on the idea of anonymity, La Poderosa is a grass roots movement seeking to empower and support communities in Argentina’s urban shantytowns. Taylor Dolven reports.

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Por Una Navidad Diferente.