Battle of WordsWhy We Need To Stop Calling People ‘Illegal Immigrants’ The phrase, currently in use to describe Rohingya refugees, dehumanizes people fleeing violence and frames them as a security threat. By Saumya Kalia
Atithi Devo Bhava?Manipur Government Withdraws Order To Deny Assistance To Myanmar Refugees The order, issued last week, asked border officials to "politely turn away" those seeking refuge in India. By Satviki Sanjay
Surveillance StateNew Govt Rules Require Tech Companies to Reveal Users Who Post ‘Unlawful, Inflammatory’ Content New IT rules also require OTT platforms to remove objectionable content within 36 hours once flagged by government authorities. By Satviki Sanjay
Scam CentralIllegal Amazon Rainforest Plots Are Being Offered For Sale on Facebook Marketplace Land grabbers are running a behind-the-scenes scam to rob indigenous people of their livelihood. By Rajvi Desai
Ethics ExerciseHow Do We Decide Who Has First Dibs on the Covid Vaccines? The question is uniquely important to India, where the government has agreed to subsidize only the first round of vaccine doses. By Rajvi Desai
Underreported and OverlookedMedia Covered PlayStation5 Launch More Than 10 Humanitarian Crises Combined in 2020 A new report calls out a media driven by what the public wants to know, rather than what it needs to know. By Rajvi Desai
Trans Women Are WomenBombay HC Rules Trans Woman Can Contest Election Under Women’s Reservation The ruling is a victory for trans people everywhere as it validates their right to a "self-perceived gender identity." By Devrupa Rakshit
Cleaning UpThe Centre Announced a Plan to Eliminate Manual Scavenging by 2021; Will It Work? If the new policies ignore caste, then manual scavenging will continue to wreak havoc on Dalit lives, experts say. By Rajvi Desai
Long Live The PopeWill the Pope’s Support for Same‑Sex Civil Unions Mean Greater Acceptance for LGBTQ+ People? "It is late but at least it happened. I think it will help our fight. ... I hope this is a new chapter that is beginning," a Polish activist says. By Devrupa Rakshit
A Whole Lot of BitternessChild Labor Still Plagues the Chocolate Industry: Report Two decades ago, global chocolate brands pledged to end child labor in their supply chains, but the number of child workers has only grown. By Rajvi Desai
Hidden UnderbellyTea Workers in Assam Hold Massive Strike to Protest Low Wages, Poor Conditions The state government, which sets the minimum wage for tea workers, has not delivered on its promises for two years. By Rajvi Desai
Free Detained MigrantsU.S. Whistleblower Alleges Detained Immigrants Face Hysterectomies, Medical Neglect The whistleblower, a nurse working at an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center, said the hysterectomies occurred without informed consent. By Aditi Murti
A Form of AbuseChina Is Forcibly Sterilizing Muslim Uighur Women: Report Reproductive rights advocates have been calling out state-sponsored sterilizations as covert forms of abuse for decades. By Rajvi Desai
Better IdeasWith 1% of Humanity Displaced, UN Urges New, Permanent Support for Refugees "We need a fundamentally new and more accepting attitude towards all who flee," says UN high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi. By Rajvi Desai
Ration-ality PrevailsOdisha HRC Grants Ration Relief To Sex Workers Under Covid19 Lockdown Under the order, commercial sex workers must receive food and ration, irrespective of whether they have ration cards. By Devrupa Rakshit
Layers Of MarginalizationHow the NRC‑CAA Will Affect Women, Transgender People and People With Disabilities In a patriarchal society, the privilege of having documents depends on gender, ability and caste. By Rajvi Desai
Live And LearnWhat India Can Learn About Trans Inclusion From the World In the wake of the failed Transgender Persons (Protection) Act, Indian lawmakers need to improve health care, economic opportunities, and social inclusion for transgender people. By Anchal Khandelwal
Eat FreeSaudi Arabia Revokes Gender Segregation Rule for Restaurants The landmark move comes amid a recent push to liberalize the country's laws for women. By Liesl Goecker