Reporters and Rape II: Readers’ trust and trauma stories
But first, a quick news update: A Congolese colonel is going to jail for his sex crimes. It’s the first such conviction — and…
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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…
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It is a topic of distraction, in part because of the news, and in part because of my most recent piece. Here’s an insightful…
Read MoreDecoding the news
Here’s an article from Agence France Press, which is like the A.P. or Reuters–those big news organizations that cover the world in “traditional journalism…
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