When we first ran the annual list of Project Censored’s top stories last year, I lamented the loss of journalist lives. The year was deadly, and 56 journalists worldwide were killed in 2018 for doing their duty to report current events and inform communities. So far 2019 has been less marked by lethal violence toward journalists, according to the Committee to Protect … [Read more...] about Through the Looking Glass: Project Censored’s top stories of the year
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NOTW: Baby-tossing, vampire tourism and gun-toting bureaucrats
THIS WEEK IN BABY-TOSSING India has supposedly outlawed the “baby-tossing” religious test popular among Hindus and Muslims in rural villages in Maharashtra and Karnataka states, but a July New York Times report suggested that parents were still allowing surrogates to drop their newborn infants from 30 feet up and awaiting the gods’ blessing for a prosperous, healthy life. In … [Read more...] about NOTW: Baby-tossing, vampire tourism and gun-toting bureaucrats