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Siddharth Ganguly
Are New IT Rules the Next Sedition Law?
01 Mar 2021
The specific wording used in a number of these rules invites comparisons with two contentious, repressive laws currently in place in the country.
Robin Scher
Pandemic May Have Left Over 250 Million People With Acute Food Shortages
28 Feb 2021
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Why Amazon is Fighting so Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
16 Feb 2021
Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is
Peoples Dispatch
Hearings Continue Against anti-terror Law in the Philippines
12 Feb 2021
On the second day of oral arguments being presented before the Supreme Court of the Philippines, petitioners argued that the law undermines protections against state abuse
Sonali Kolhatkar
The Republican Dam on Immigration Is Cracking, and Now They Will Pay for Their Racism
24 Jan 2021
We saw what Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric did to the country over four long years. The GOP has no right to oppose Biden’s plan for mass legalization.
Rosa Miriam Elizalde
The U.S. Is Trying to Provoke a Soft Coup in Cuba
24 Jan 2021
The San Isidro events provide another example of the U.S. government’s attempt to create a soft coup.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Family of Slain Sri Lankan Journalist in Search of Justice
11 Jan 2021
Twelve years after Lasantha Wickrematunge was brutally killed in broad daylight in Colombo by unidentified gunmen allegedly associated with the island-country’s most powerful politicians, a death he…
Ariel Gold
Is Israel Practicing Vaccine Leadership or Medical Apartheid?
09 Jan 2021
Beyond the headlines celebrating Israel’s vaccination rates, lies a story about health inequality with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza bearing the brunt.
Peoples Dispatch
Under the Cover of the Pandemic, States Cracked Down Even Harder
01 Jan 2021
Despite promises to focus all efforts towards combating the pandemic, many states used the pretext of the lockdown to intensify repression of people’s movements and dissenting voices
Mahalakshmi Pavani
UP’s Law Prohibiting Conversion is Unconstitutional and Draconian
31 Dec 2020
This unique law promulgated by the UP government strives to curb fundamental freedoms guaranteed under Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 and clamps down brutally on the marriage or cohabitation of couples…