The End of Vulture Funds?
LUSAKA, Zambia — In his spare bungalow in central Lusaka, Fisho Mwale wears a pastel, plaid button-down and sleek, rectangular glasses. He is warm…
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After the Uproar
A photographer’s continued work on domestic violence Earlier this year, photographer Sara Lewkowicz caught a moment of domestic violence on camera. Lewkowicz had been…
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“South African Violence” Only Explains Pistorius If You Think He’s Not Guilty
There’s a please-click-thru-six-screens cover story just published by TIME about the shooting, by track athlete Oscar Pistorius, of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, if…
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Don’t Blame the Victim, or the Photographer
This week, the Internet got angry at Sara Naomi Lewkowicz. The 30-year-old photographer had the audacity to photograph domestic violence – and to publish…
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Documenting Domestic Violence
Wednesday, as the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act was still less than certain, Time magazine published Sara Naomi Lewkowicz’s photo essay about…
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Who You Calling Poor?
Official figures say 46 million Americans live in poverty. Beyond that, there’s little about poverty that Americans can agree on.
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In Africa, Inheriting a Field or a Feud?
Saniquellie, Liberia — A trip to a rice farm near here is like visiting a West African version of the Secret Garden. There’s a…
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The African Divide: Land Disputes
Zuluyee, Liberia; and Kailahun, Sierra Leone — The specialists know the warning signs. Analysts and scientists and field officers and academics spend years writing…
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