In India, 1.3 billion people have been locked down for more than a week to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The country reports nearly … Pandemic Highlights India’s Class DivideRead more
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A Hospital Sterilized Chicana Patients
In Georgia, immigration authorities have stopped sending immigrant female detainees held in the Irwin County Detention Center to a gynecologist accused of sterilizing the women … A Hospital Sterilized Chicana PatientsRead more
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Tenants Demand Rent Relief & Organize Strikes as Unemployment Surges Due to COVID-19
Today is April 1, and millions across the country don’t have the money to pay rent. But despite eviction moratoriums and relief on mortgage payments … Tenants Demand Rent Relief & Organize Strikes as Unemployment Surges Due to COVID-19Read more
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UPS Not Prioritizing Safety as Workers Test Positive
The White House is now estimating 100,000 to a quarter of a million people could die from the coronavirus pandemic. Some of those most concerned … UPS Not Prioritizing Safety as Workers Test PositiveRead more
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Yemen A Crisis Made in America
More than nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations is warning millions in Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of … Yemen A Crisis Made in AmericaRead more
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American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation
The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans increasingly are recognizing how … American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About ConservationRead more
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Was Hindi Really Created by India’s British Colonial Rulers?
https://cdn.thewire.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/13120658/de-Tours-Characters.jpg Hindustani characters of the Grammatica Linguæ Indianæ Vulgaris (1703) of Francois-Marie de Tours. As a person who studies early modern vernaculars, I often hear … Was Hindi Really Created by India’s British Colonial Rulers?Read more
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Hindi was devised by a Scottish linguist of The East India Company
If the Anglophone Indians are derided as ‘Macaulay’s children’, then the Hindi speaking Indians can also be called ‘Gilchrist’s children’. My late maternal grandmother – … Hindi was devised by a Scottish linguist of The East India CompanyRead more
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Israel’s deals to ‘transfer’ Palestinians are simply thinly-disguised ethnic cleansing
It seems that Israel is not satisfied with driving 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948, and another 400,000 in 1967; nor with … Israel’s deals to ‘transfer’ Palestinians are simply thinly-disguised ethnic cleansingRead more
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Why Arab Leaders Are Suddenly Groveling at the Chance to Normalize Ties with Israel
As these words are being written, the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are in Washington DC to sign agreements to normalize … Why Arab Leaders Are Suddenly Groveling at the Chance to Normalize Ties with IsraelRead more