Softly softly catches monkey
This is a Liberian proverb, the meaning of which we’re still not certain of. We learned it on our week-long trip up country, vernacular…
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Farewell to the Nile?
Well the rapids, anyway. I had a hell of a good time rafting them last year (and have since heard from people unknown to…
Read More"…Okay, now tell me where he put his hands"
This is, unhappily, the sequel to my earlier taken-down on major media coverage of rape in conflict. Turns out I have a little bit…
Read MoreLibraries in Liberia!
Well, law libraries anyway. Yesterday, Glenna Gordon and I went to what we’re pretty sure is all of them — there are four, actually,…
Read MoreHow journalism got it way more wrong than you'd ever imagine in Darfur
Stop right there, and click this link. Amanda Taub, one amazing half of the awesome duo Wronging Rights, spent some serious time trying to…
Read MoreSeven rebels killed in DRC, or "Sometimes peacekeepers do shoot people."
In catching up on events that happened in the world while I was traveling from one part of it to another, I hit a…
Read MoreOf time, tweets and other relative journalism matters
Yes, it’s come to this. I am about to reference something I read on Twitter. Er, a tweet. I am going, in fact, to…
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Best American Science Writing: Reading the Wounds
Doctors who treat torture survivors know that scars tell stories — and in asylum cases, these stories can save you. My 2009 Best American Science…
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Yesterday, I went to get press accreditation at the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). As I rode the elevator at the UN complex,…
Read MoreFitting the UN for MTV
Thanks to Melinda Forever!, I discovered the most hilarious parody of the UN I’ve seen…maybe ever. The best part is, this pretty much totally…
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