India has shown a near-constant decline between 2013 and 2019, in various parameters of personal, civil, and economic freedom measured in the Human...
India’s sobering drop in human freedom
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Racial Equity & Police Reform
Racial justice: Ruhel finds hope in ashes
My first thought when I arrived in Minnesota in March to join the World Press Institute fellowship was to meet Bangladeshi-American Ruhel Islam. I...
The Quagmire of Policing in America… And the World
image: Collin Lloyd/Unsplash On April 4, a white police officer fatally shoots a Black man after a struggle that ensued during a traffic stop...
No-knock warrants: Why advocates are pushing for change?
There is no evidence that no-knock warrants protect officers in any situation, and there is significant evidence that no-knock warrants create far...
Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 left an indelible impact on the community of Black Americans, not to mention his family, who will...
No-knock warrants has racist roots, academic says
The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke will not be charged. But the fact remains that the police got the wrong guy on Feb. 2...
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