Far From a ‘Black, Feminist Icon’: Behind Kamala Harris’ Media Image
After her election as the new Vice President-elect, the former California Attorney-General is being hailed as a Black-feminist icon by many. But a close look at her career reveals a darker picture.
What Will US Policy on Iran Look Like Under Joe Biden?
The Democratic President-elect has indicated that he will depart from Donald Trump's aggressive stance on Iran and rejoin the nuclear deal.
Despite His White Nationalism, Donald Trump Got More Black and Latinx Votes This Time
Poll numbers from the 2020 election show that Trump's political relationship with race isn't in black-and-white.
India’s New OSHW Code Appreciates Migrant Workers’ Realities, but Fails To Ensure Comprehensive Protection
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSCHWC), 2020 takes into account ground realities of present-day migration landscape, but remains limited in scope.
Health Wearables Can Threaten Right To Privacy, but India Is Drafting New Laws To...
Surging sales of health wearables in India have triggered concerns about individual data security. A set of new laws aims to allay these.
Brokeback Republic? Abdullah Anzorov, Claude Sinké, and Police Violence in ‘Secular’ France
France has a long history of anti-minority police violence and cover-ups. The police response to the recent beheading of a schoolteacher in a Parisian suburb raises some critical questions in this regard.
Why Jacinda Ardern’s Landslide Victory Is Significant for New Zealand and the World
The New Zealand Prime Minister's victory as the leader of the country's Centre-Left party in the recent elections is good for liberal-centrist politics worldwide.
In India, Women With Disabilities Are Doubly Vulnerable to Sexual Violence and Apathy
India's disability laws are insensitive to gender, while gender laws are insensitive to disability. This puts women with disabilities at heightened risk of sexual violence and mistreatment.
How Social Media Created a Democratic Public Sphere During the COVID-19 Crisis in India
India's migrant worker crisis during the lockdown brought misery to thousands. But it also showed what social media is capable of - building inclusive networks of solidarity at a time when the State fails to act.
Can ASEAN Centrality Weather the US–China Storm?
ASEAN needs to find common ground and tell both the US and China what it wants them to do and not to do.