How the Press Turned a Hindu Temple Investigation Into a Presumption of Guilt
In the spring of 2021, federal agents raided a Hindu temple construction site in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The headlines that followed were swift, global, and damning. Readers were told of “slave labor,” “passport confiscations,” and “sect leaders” accused of trapping poor Indian workers inside a temple compound. Before any charges were filed, a verdict had […]
