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» Several members of my family in India got COVID, so I flew home to help. While the US reopens, India is still deep in crisis. Several members of my family in India got COVID, so I flew home to help. While the US reopens, India is still deep in crisis. Amitoj SinghMay 22, 2021, 18:23 IST Multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 24, 2021.Altaf Qadri/AP With 24 hours notice, I flew from New York to New Delhi to help my father care for sick...

Britain's photo ID system undermines the democracy it is trying to preserve Parisa HashempourMay 22, 2021, 19:28 IST A voter leaves a polling location in the UK.Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images The Queen announced that elections. In a country where an estimated quarter of voters lack ID, the move undermines democracy and disproportionately harms marginalized citizens. With extraordinarily low levels of electoral fraud conviction in the UK, the scheme will fortify the Conservatives' stronghold and is an expensive distraction from much-needed social reform. Parisa Hashempour is a freelance journalis...

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The politically-powerful teachers unions say they're ready to send their members back to work, now that the COVID pandemic is effectively over. And yet as a NYC public school parent, I don't believe my kids will have full-time, in-person, five-day-a-week learning this September. Because with the teachers unions there's always a "but" — just as there is this time.   This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. One of the US' ...

Daunte Wright and Eric Garner's deaths showed how petty laws and needless traffic stops lead to violent confrontations with police. Do away with them.

The brand of policing happening in Columbus, Ohio, does little to protect or serve anyone. Ma'khia Bryant's death proves it.