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
HUMAN RIGHTS
Epstein Fallout Widens as Scrutiny Turns to Tony Ortega’s History Defending Pedophiles
Amid the collapse of careers over even distant ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Ortega’s public contempt for efforts to expose predators set the stage for a lifetime of defending the sexual exploitation of kids.
CHURCHES
Where the Future Boots Up, So Does the Spirit
On its eighth anniversary, the Ideal Church of Scientology Silicon Valley stands as a human-centered “operating system” for a region built on invention—as spotlighted in Destination: Scientology.
HUMAN RIGHTS
UN Lawyer Arielle Silverstein’s Support for Backpage Sex Trafficking Apologist Raises Integrity Questions
As the UN champions global efforts against modern-day slavery, scrutiny is mounting over whether its attorney’s financial support of her husband—who long defended the world’s largest child sex trafficking marketplace—undermines the institution’s human rights mandate.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Kansas Jury Awards $5 Million to Professor in Religious Discrimination Case
A jury found that, after more than two decades at Emporia State, a tenured professor was unlawfully disciplined and pushed out by his own university for observing long-held religious holidays.
EDUCATION
A Teacher Steps Into the Spotlight—and Brings Her Students With Her
Honored on an international stage for her humanitarian work, educator Bhavani Sundar reflects on why learning how to learn can change lives across India and Sri Lanka—and what she plans to build next.
DRUG PREVENTION
Prevention Efforts Propel Historic Decline in US Overdose Fatalities
With deaths falling in 90 percent of states, experts warn gains depend on continued prevention, education and vigilance nationwide.
CHURCHES
Striking Gold in Sacramento—Rediscovering the Original Promise of a City of Growth
In Destination: Scientology, Sacramento, the Gold Rush ideal that built California’s capital is reframed—not as a hunt for riches, but as a search for human potential.
SCIENTOLOGISTS
Harry “Doc” Wong Has Mastered the Space Between Exhilaration and Catastrophe
The Bay Area chiropractor and motorcycle-safety pioneer talks about judgment, risk, Scientology—and why freedom on two wheels depends on clarity of mind.
CHURCHES
In Brussels, Chocolate Meets Conscience and Freedom Has an Address
Sixteen years after its grand opening on Waterloo Boulevard, the Church of Scientology in Brussels is reintroduced in Destination: Scientology as a cultural landmark—and a hard-won beacon of religious liberty.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Atlantic City Settlement Strengthens Religious Rights of First Responders
A $400,000 agreement securing a firefighter’s right to wear a beard on duty reshapes how public agencies must weigh faith-based accommodations in the workplace.
