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They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025MIKE IVESComments Off on They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

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Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

Women are coerced into needless hysterectomies and girls are pushed into child marriages. After a court ruling and a Times investigation, things may be changing.

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Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

December 20, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.

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How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

November 21, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

Our correspondent explains how an exploitative labor system has produced a system of brutality in the country’s sugar fields.

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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024Qadri Inzamam, Megha Rajagopalan and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.

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Why Lawmakers Ignore Human Rights Abuses in India’s Sugar Fields

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024Megha Rajagopalan and Qadri InzamamComments Off on Why Lawmakers Ignore Human Rights Abuses in India’s Sugar Fields

Politicians run most of the mills in the state of Maharashtra. They deny or downplay evidence of coerced hysterectomies, debt bondage and child labor in the fields.

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Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies in India

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies in India

After an investigation that ran in The New York Times, the industry is edging toward change. But companies in western India are reluctant to abandon an abusive labor system.

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Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Megha Rajagopalan, Qadri Inzamam and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

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

March 24, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on 5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

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Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024Megha Rajagopalan, Qadri Inzamam and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

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