Hindu Vigilantes Work With Police to Enforce “Love Jihad” Law in North India
Hindu nationalist groups in Uttar Pradesh are using an anti-conversion law to violently break up interfaith couples and legitimate an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory.
World
Did Russia's Foreign Minister Get His Bisexual Jesus Riff From TikTok?
Russian officials deny that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gets his misinformation from TikTok. He relies, instead, on an obscure Christian website, which he misreads.
Scientific American Retracted Pro-Palestine Article Without Any Factual Errors
After right-wing outrage, the esteemed journal removed an opinion piece expressing solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli bombardment.
U.S. Website Seizures Targeting Iran Cast Wide Net Over Dissident and Religious Broadcasters
The U.S. dragnet censored purported Iranian-linked disinformation sites with little explanation — and little room for accountability.
A U.S.-Mexico Pledge to End Disappearances Fails to Grapple With the Complicity of the State
The promise was a little-noticed outcome of Vice President Kamala Harris's recent meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Voices
I Visited a Chinese Lab at the Center of a Biosafety Debate. What I Learned Helps Explain the Clash Over Covid-19’s Origins.
We should let science and evidence prevail while recognizing that science, like other disciplines, is shaped by competing interests.
The Coronavirus Crisis
India's Vaccine Makers Are Pandemic Profiteers, Not Humanitarians
The Indian government’s free-market approach to vaccine distribution has privileged profit over lives.
The Coronavirus Crisis
U.S. Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against Covid-19
Critics say the sanctions undermine U.S. ambitions to vaccinate the world, while new polling shows a clear majority favors a policy change.
Bolivian Ex-Minister of Defense Plotted a Second Coup Using U.S. Mercenaries
Leaked phone recordings and emails reveal a top official was prepared to use foreign troops to block Bolivia’s left-wing MAS party from returning to power.
Voices
The G7 Upheld Vaccine Apartheid. Officials From the “Global South” Are Pushing Back.
A summit of government ministers is trying to tackle the inequities of Covid-19 vaccine distribution that could cost millions of lives.