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5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

24 March 2024 at 14:54
Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

© Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

Loading sugar cane to transport it to mills in the Satara district of India’s Maharashtra State in March last year. Laborers often work in couples, paid through contractors.

Defense Bill Orders Military to Take New Action on Brain Injury

19 December 2024 at 02:35
Mandates in the annual appropriations act, passed on Wednesday, call for the Pentagon to track and mitigate risks to troops’ brains from firing their own weapons.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

U.S. Special Operations Service members training with shoulder-fired rocket launchers at a remote range in Fort Chaffee, Ark.
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