New Yorker: Astha Rajvanshi on a vanishing Indian village
A coal mining company run by Asia’s richest man is strip-mining tribal lands.
TLS: Gregory Feifer on two differing books about Putin
Philip Short and Mikhail Khodorkovsky with Martin Sixsmith have new books on the Russian president.
The Atlantic: Eve Fairbanks on cancel culture
Has concern about censorship itself threatened free speech?
Astha Rajvanshi report: Women and minorities in India
How the rise of Hindu nationalism affects Indian women and minorities.
TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on India’s ‘conversion therapy’
One woman fights to enforce the UN's global ban on the treatment in India.
New Lines: Neri Zilber on Israel-Lebanon agreement
The rights to the Qana-Sidon natural gas field flamed tensions between the two countries.
NYT: Gregory Feifer reviews ‘The Story of Russia’
To understand Russia today, Figes argues you must look at its foundation myths.
Barbara Bright Novovitch dies
She was a trailblazing journalist who documented student movements of the 1960s on her fellowship.
NY Magazine: Andrew Rice on arson in California
A criminology professor is charged with starting an 'insanely dangerous' series of fires.
TIME: Emily Schultheis on Germany and Russian gas
Germans are bracing themselves for the effects of Russia cutting off its gas supply to their country.