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...state governments have either completely disregarded the court's order, or significantly diluted it. "The police [are] definitely a major stakeholder in change," says Patil of CHRI, "But they're not the only ones. The media has abdicated their responsibility of highlighting police excesses. And the force of public opinion must be brought to bear down on the political class, to make the cost of not reforming the police high enough to force them to act." If the anger over the Manipur and Kashmir cases is anything to go by, the force of public opinion is getting stronger. It remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can India Reform Its Wayward Police Force? | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...That question isn't being asked only by liberal antiwar opinion-makers. It has also been raised by a growing number of senior officials in Washington and U.S. commanders in Iraq. An internal memo drafted by Colonel Timothy Reese, an adviser to the Iraqi senior military command, and leaked to the New York Times last month doesn't mince words. He writes that it is time "for the U.S. to declare victory and bring our combat forces home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Leaving Iraq — Now | 8/8/2009 | See Source »

...added an additional potential 20 weeks for the worst hit states, raising to 79 weeks the maximum time a laid-off worker can draw unemployment assistance while looking for a job. To combat "hysteresis," or the atrophying of job skills in the labor force, the Labor Department issued an opinion earlier this year that workers can still draw unemployment insurance even if they work a volunteer job during their search for a paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unemployment Dips, but Long-Term Joblessness Remains a Concern | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

...moves to liberalize the economy and improve simmering ethnic tensions by easing up on wealth ownership rules that had long-favored native Malays over the nation's significant Chinese and Indian minorities. The citizens those policies were aimed to please rewarded Najib with good numbers: In mid-July, public opinion polls showed the new PM with high approval ratings of 70%, compared to low ratings of 35% as deputy PM before taking office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Honeymoon is Over for Malaysia's New PM | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...allowing them to take part in the protest. "We strongly condemn this over-zealous and abusive show of power to crush the people's right to assembly and free expression," Ragunath Kesavan, president of the Malaysian Bar Council, told TIME. "The new government appears determined to stifle public opinion, persecute and punish those who dare to speak out." (See pictures of Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Honeymoon is Over for Malaysia's New PM | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

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