Things worth thinking about: Who are the “ungrievable”?
I found a lot of food for thought in Nathan Schneider’s interview of philospher Judith Butler, in this week’s issue of Guernica. Schneider talks…
Read MoreBoozing it up in the ‘third world’?: The mix tape
Update, after I got out from under my rock In one of the very active comments sections on the blogs that have taken this…
Read MoreSome good work from Africa
A few weeks ago, two great journalists I follow were honored as Livingston Award finalists. The Livingston Award, given each year to a journalist…
Read MoreTip sheet for Africa rovers
Just wanted to flag a new page. Work Quirks will be a running list of things I wish I’d known about working in Africa…
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“Bangui, la Coquette!” Sure, if heat-n-humidity’s your thing…
I’ve been in the Central African Republic for the last two weeks, on the first leg of a long reporting journey about peacebuilding. More…
Read MoreEnding the LRA…or preparing for a CIA-style strike?
So the House yesterday passed a bill aimed at ending the fight by the Lord’s Resistance Army, the Ugandan rebel group that spent a…
Read MoreTastes like terrorism!
“As another day passed with Mr. [Faisal] Shahzad talking to investigators about the car bomb he had admitted driving into Times Square on Saturday,…
Read MoreThings that are worth your time
Adam Hocschild’s article from Congo, about mining, which I blogged about earlier, is online. Read it. Amazing. “Africa to Appalachia,” Jayme Stone’s collaboration with…
Read MoreWhat women — and men — really want
When I walk to the main road, I try to give people I pass a friendly, “Good morning” or “Good afternoon” with my best…
Read MoreWhy a “girl” can’t “change her mind” about rape
“can a girl change her mind about rape”? Dear Internet surfer who put that into Google and ended up on my blog: No. Rape…
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