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Kamala Thiagarajan

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Kamala Thiagarajan

    A new California law bans child marriage. What's the global outlook on the practice? (opens the original)

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    It's been a landmark year for activists seeking bans against child marriage in the U.S. On Sept. 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Bill AB 1267, setting 18 as the minimum age for marriage in the state, with no exceptions. The bill, sponsored by Unchained at Last and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, was authored by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin. It repealed provisions that had allowed minors to marry with parental consent and judicial approval, a system that me

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Kamala Thiagarajan

    Leaders set ambitious goals to better the world by 2030. They've made little progress (opens the original)

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    World leaders agreed in 2015 to set a series of goals to improve everything from clean water to world peace. They hope to meet those goals by 2030. As United Nations leaders meet this week in New York, reporter Kamala Thiagarajan checked in on how they're doing. Welcome. INSKEEP: Are any of these goals going to be met? THIAGARAJAN: I would say very few, if any. You know, and that's because the world is nowhere close to achieving what leaders set out to do in 2015. Representatives from all over t

  3. Article · Sep 20, 2026 · Kamala Thiagarajan

    These stunning photos capture the hard yet fulfilling lives of fisherfolk (opens the original)

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    He works from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. every day. In pitch darkness, he carries baskets of fish on his head from boats in Kasimedu harbor to the auction house, navigating slimy and damp pathways littered with fish scales and wet with seawater. It's a third of a mile each way. He makes the trip 40 or 50 times during his shift for the daily auction, which begins at 4 a.m. Pavadairayan, who is 60 years old and goes by one name, is one of hundreds of workers known as basket men. It's a tough job. Each baske

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Kamala Thiagarajan

    Will even one of the U.N.'s 17 'sustainable development goals' be met by 2030? (opens the original)

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    By any standards, it was an eye-popping to-do list. No poverty. Zero hunger. Quality education for all. Gender equality. Clean water and sanitation. Reduced inequalities. Peace, justice and strong Institutions. In September 2015, these were just some of the 17 goals that global leaders set for themselves to accomplish in the next fifteen years. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, broken down into 169 targets, were meant to transform the world by 2030. A decade later, that deadline

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Kamala Thiagarajan

    Whatever happened to the U.S. campaign to ban child marriage? (opens the original)

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    Our team of global health reporters has covered child marriage –- when one partner is under age 18. The United Nations calls it a "human rights violation," citing a litany of concerns for child brides: "early pregnancy and social isolation, interrupting her schooling, limiting her opportunities for career and vocational advancement and placing her at risk of domestic violence." Yet every year, the U.N. estimates that 12 million girls become child brides. Child grooms, the U.N. further notes, may

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