Uganda finds easiest Security Council sanctions loophole ever
In order to comply with UN sanctions, Uganda froze the assets of Tropical Bank, “99.6875 percent” owned by Libya, according to Bloomberg. (The other…
Read MoreWhy you should pay for the New York Times
So as of March 28, my favorite past-time and yours (to judge from what I can infer of my readership) is about to get…
Read MoreNow on the calendar: “Ivory Coast on the Brink,” DC
At the Brookings Institution, March 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. RSVP here. While the eyes of the world have been focused on the political and humanitarian…
Read MoreCan pay-for-performance save US Aid? Why Tina Rosenberg didn’t convince me
Tina Rosenberg trumpeted Cash on Delivery (CoD) in 1500 words in the New York Times recently, and I’m really confused about why. Here’s the…
Read MoreLove that DIY aid? Here’s a chance to show it
This is the kind of private-life post that I generally prefer to leave out of my blogging, but sometimes exceptions need to be made….
Read MoreIn crisis, who is media for?
Among the many talents of my friend Aaron Ernst is one for language. He recently translated tweets from a victim of the earthquake in…
Read MoreWhy an American lawyer is pulling the plug — literally — on a Rwandan refugee
There’s a lot to be horrified by in this New York Times story about the treatment of a Rwandan refugee named Rachel Nyirahabiyambere, in a…
Read MoreThe double standards of rape reporting — and outcry
Lots of folks have been outraged by the NYT coverage of a gang rape in Texas. The coverage veered often and unnecessarily into blame-the-victim…
Read MoreMust-see photos from Liberia on Cote d’Ivoire
Probably everyone here already knows photojournalist extraordinare Glenna Gordon, but just in case you’re under a rock or otherwise prone to miss this —…
Read MoreSilly women and their sexual assault. Don’t they know it’s complex?
At a small school in Pennsylvania, students staged a sit-in to protest the way their campus handles rape reports. This piece, from the Philadelphia…
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