Caitlyn Crites
The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: âBiden is making transparency cool again.âÂ
This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information â the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people â has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic book series called
Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act; the classic anime
Defamation: The Weapon of Choice to Stifle Pursuit of Justice and Free Speech
Defamation laws as different from âordinaryâ attacks on free speech. They aim to shut down critical speech by intimidating critics and undermining their active public engagement.
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Women11/Mar/2021
It has been more than two weeks since Priya Ramani was acquitted in a defamation suit filed by former Union minister and journalist, M.J. Akbar. It was followed, expectedly and deservedly, by collective celebrations and resounding applause, but itâs time that the euphoria gave way to more profound questions about why she was standing in the court as an âaccusedâ in the very first place. Wasnât she the victim â of sexual harassment and unconcealed, blatant abuse of masculine privilege by Akbar?
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Women grow as much as 80% of India s food - but its new farm laws overlook their struggles
Bansari Kamdar, University of Massachusetts Boston
March 11, 2021
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Bansari Kamdar, University of Massachusetts Boston and Shreyasee Das, Temple University
(THE CONVERSATION) Indian women are left behind on farms to make ends meet as more men in India migrate from rural areas to cities, seeking higher incomes and better jobs.
Nearly 75% of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women, according to the international humanitarian group OXFAM. Female farmers produce 60% to 80% of the South Asian country’s food.
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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, 9 March, issued a notice to the Union of India in a plea moved by Indian news and opinion website The Wire, challenging the constitutional validity of the new rules made by the Centre under the Information Technology Act to regulate digital media.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice DN Patel was hearing the petition on Tuesday. The matter will be heard next on 16 April.
The petitioners in the case are The Foundation for Independent Journalism (a non-profit company that publishes The Wire); Dhanya Rajendran, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The News Minute, and MK Venu, Founding Editor of The Wire.