Forced Labor

Three books describe the work of government investigators who want to uncover or bury the truth.

Elisha Wiesel, son of the writer Elie Wiesel, says the group’s plight has echoes of the Holocaust.

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have helped turn the Indian state of Maharashtra into a sugar-producing powerhouse. But a New York Times investigation has found that these brands finance a brutal system of labor that exploits young girls and leads to the unnecessary sterilization of working-age women. The investigation was produced in collaboration with The Fuller Project.

In “God’s Ghostwriters,” the historian Candida Moss explores the many people who penned the Scriptures.

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.

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

Her foundation rescued thousands of girls and young women from bonded slavery and secured meals and schooling for impoverished children.

In the 1980s, she created a series of paintings depicting the horrors she endured in forced-labor camps during World War II.

Volkswagen and BASF, two German giants, are reassessing their activities in the region, where the Chinese government has cracked down on Muslim minorities.

In “Madness,” the journalist Antonia Hylton explores the hidden history of Crownsville Hospital, and America’s continuing failure to care for Black minds.