12+ hour, 19+ min ago  (330+ words) Sportswashing is a documented, decades-old strategy through which governments and regimes use the global popularity of athletic events to deflect scrutiny from human rights abuses and political repression. The tactic works because sport is widely perceived as neutral territory, and…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (777+ words) Open Magazine The fall of the DMK and Trinamool Congress forts in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, respectively, casts a pall of gloom over the future of two political heirs. Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee has been grooming nephew Abhishek Banerjee…...