Ajay Singh
Associate Editor
ABOUT
Ajay is a Los Angeles-based journalist, writer, editor and newsroom manager with extensive experience in print, video and online news and features. Ajay previously worked as a staff correspondent for Asiaweek magazine in Hong Kong and in the New Delhi bureaus of The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal Asia. He is also a published author.
LATEST STORIES
CHURCHES
Where Frontier Skies Meet a Mile-High Faith
In Denver’s once-gritty warehouse district, a landmark that warmed the city with cast-iron radiators now radiates something else entirely—a frontier spirit eager to rise.
HATE
Two Neo-Nazi Websites Go Dark After Local Reporting Exposes Online Hate Machine Built to Recruit Kids
A Nashville investigation uncovered a livestream operation grooming minors with racist propaganda and urging them toward violence.
CHURCHES
Texas Swagger Finds Its Still Point in a Sanctuary Only Dallas Could Create
In a metroplex that measures everything in superlatives, the Church of Scientology Dallas offers a different kind of “big,” a place where living large begins on the inside.
MENTAL HEALTH
Justice Delayed: Psychiatrists Hold Washington Murder Trial Hostage
Mental “competency” evaluations have become a chokepoint in the prosecution, granting psychiatrists de facto power to halt justice indefinitely.
MENTAL HEALTH
Wyoming Lawmakers Stall Bill Requiring Toxicology Reporting in Suicides and Violent Deaths
With Wyoming among the nation’s highest in suicide rates, lawmakers opted out of mandating psychiatric drug screening—even as a public safety crisis looms.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Operation Lightning Bug Locates 30+ Missing Youths and Six Trafficking Victims in Texas
With arrests made and new investigations launched, the San Antonio-led effort demonstrates what can be achieved by agency coordination—but experts warn enforcement alone won’t end trafficking.
DRUGS
Fatal Ketamine Use Surges in Britain as Deaths Spike Over Twentyfold in a Decade
Far cheaper than cocaine and once considered a “safe high,” ketamine used with other drugs killed nearly 200 in Britain last year alone.
DRUGS
Not Your Father’s Party Drug: Ecstasy Pills Five Times Stronger Sweep Spain
Pills once measured in tens of milligrams now exceed 350, fueling hospitalizations and public health alarms.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Australia Reports Record-High Exploitation Cases Amid Surge in “Exit Trafficking”
As Australia boasts a Tier One US ranking for anti-trafficking efforts, the data expose a darker dimension: family-based coercion, forced marriage and exploitation hiding in plain sight.
VIOLATIONS
Silence as Policy: How the Columbia Journalism Review Protects Its Own and Abandons the Public
When conflicts of interest in major news coverage were exposed, CJR refused to respond, eroding public trust in media oversight.
