The catastrophe is being shaped by powerful political and economic forces—and the most vulnerable have been left to fend for themselves.
Over the past month, Bangladesh’s textile industry—one of the most exploitative in the world—has been rocked by strikes and protests. The level of repression used against the Bangladeshi textile workers, largely women, exposes the dark underbelly (...)
For the last several weeks, the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has been the setting for an immense crackdown by the Indian central government against the civilian population. The most recent escalation began June 11, when soldiers (...)