The Things People Will Say In Public (Like, Seriously – These Things)
When George Washington was 16, he copied out 110 “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior” from a list the Jesuits had crafted in the…
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Africa’s Great Lakes
I’ve written breaking news, features and analysis from Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo; I also review books on the region. Here…
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West Africa
I’ve reported from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal, often for the Christian Science Monitor and occasionally with photographer Glenna Gordon, and the…
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Fascinators!
Glamour Hero Stephanie Nyombayire Tries To Help Stop Genocide
First I saw my mom crying,” says Stephanie Nyombayire, recalling the day she learned the details of the genocide taking place in her family’s…
Read MorePulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting partnerships
I’ve had the good fortune of working with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and its fantastic staff on several projects: Justice Renewed: Libera…
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A Painting With Legs
Like the poems Emily Dickinson stored in her attic, or John Steinbeck’s repeatedly rejected early manuscripts, one of America’s best-known paintings was almost lost.American…
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U.S.A.
I’ve had an extraordinary opportunity to write about all manner of Americana. Along the way, I’ve discovered interesting characters, like young British father turned…
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Down and Out in Paris and Boston
Outgoing North Carolina senator John Edwards wasn’t the first person to notice the Second America, which he described in a primary campaign speech as…
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Best American Science Writing
This a story about two doctors who write medical affidavits — the closest thing to “proof” of torture most people can get — for…
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