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Ruhi Bhasin
How Indians Turned Social Media Into COVID-19 Helpline to Battle Pandemic
02 May 2021
Death, sickness, and helplessness have become the “new normal” that Indians are being forced to live with as they witness the
Taroa Zuñiga Silva
Migrant Women Are Holding Society Together During This Pandemic
08 Apr 2021
The social impact of lockdowns has unequally been borne by women, with many having to leave the workforce due to mounting pressure of looking after families and home schooling of children.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Universal Health Care Is a Popular Idea in America—Will Biden Keep Enriching Private Insurance or ‘Go Big’?
30 Mar 2021
If Biden really wants to go big and bold, he could start by pushing for a truly universal health care system, instead of pouring tax dollars into private insurance companies.
Sonali Kolhatkar
How a Guaranteed Income Can Actually Solve Inequality
13 Mar 2021
Poverty in America disproportionately affects women and people of colour, and that is precisely what hinders political action to address it—even when solutions abound.
Heeten Kanti Kalan
I Am Not White, But Certainly Not ‘Non-White’, Too
10 Mar 2021
We have a dynamic and fluid vocabulary to match an increasingly pluralistic culture. So why do we still label people by what they’re not?
Ritika Goyal, Shrutika Pandey
Needed: Gender Balance in the Legal Profession
09 Mar 2021
The solution lies in looking at women as human resource assets to drive reforms in the access to justice sphere.
Aanchal Singh, Gauravjeet Narwan
New Code on Work Conditions: Should a Workweek have Four Days or Six?
04 Mar 2021
Prolonged working hours for four days, without any guarantee of three days leave, will have a severe impact on the health of all workers in those conditions.
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.
Richard D. Wolff
Minimum Wage: A Fake Debate on Small Business Viability
24 Feb 2021
Raising minimum wage can be one basis for a mutually beneficial alliance between wage workers and small businesses.
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