Archive for the ‘Elsewhere’ Category
Three new (ish) stories, from Africa and New York
Some more of my Sierra Leone reporting has finally seen the light of day. Here’s a story about a woman who runs a local restaurant, and the childhood she remembers before Freetown fell into war: For fufu in Freetown, this African diner’s the place And here’s a story about a young woman who moved back [...]
Change is everywhere…
Now that I’m writing about Africa from New York, I thought it time to change things up a little. Which is supposed to include the design of the site, but wordpress is acting up, so as soon as it actually changes the template, this space will look different, too. For those of you who have [...]
A look at the American heartland, from a West Virginian who can’t explain it
I keep getting asked–this is a paraphrase–”Why is West Virginia still so damn racist?” Media reports on the racism in the part of the world my home town represents have made me a token Appalachian, on the hook for explaining something I really can’t. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. All my good progressive [...]
From Rwanda’s female-dominated parliament to Alaska’s hockey mom…
It’s a long trip, perhaps. Here’s an interesting piece from Salon, not for its politics, but for its insightful consideration of the way the gender dominates how Americans talk about Sarah Palin. It begs, from both sides of the aisle, careful consideration about how we are manipulated by language and narrative in an election season: [...]
Seriously, I have to change the title of this blog. Here’s something really cool about New York.
That was self-serving, because the “something” is an article I wrote that went up today, a profile of the founder of Overheard in New York. It is noteworthy not only for its subject, but for the audio, my first chance at the Monitor to put my audio production skills to work with a voice other [...]
This has nothing, but nothing, to do with Africa. But it does have to do with Bill Clinton
Whatever your politics, if you can still make an argument that this man is not a liability to the party he’s trying to help, or that he should maybe just go sit quietly in a rocker on an Arkansas porch for a few months, I’d love to hear it. Because after this interview with the [...]
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