As diplomats meet in London to talk Somalia, where are the women?
Lots of powerful men — and a few powerful women, including the American Secretary of State — are meeting in London to talk about…
Read MoreLots of powerful men — and a few powerful women, including the American Secretary of State — are meeting in London to talk about…
Read MoreSome combination of way too much work, too much travel, and too few hours in the day has made me neglect this little nook of…
Read MoreI am not a poet, but I am an impassioned lover of Wislawa Szymborska. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, but…
Read MoreI promise you this gets funny. In the last two weeks, I’ve grown terribly allergic to something in my house, probably in my room….
Read MoreWe’re all watching the DR Congo with baited breath. The recent presidential election, or process that has borne the name, has sparked unrest and…
Read More…you may want the text of this ad, scrolling at the bottom of a local soap opera in Lusaka: “Dr Kapeza the herbalist hereby…
Read MoreI just went digging for some clips and realized two of my favorite America stories aren’t on my website. So I’d like to introduce…
Read MoreThe elevator I have stepped into is small, and two more people get on. One is a woman larger even than I am —…
Read MoreIt would usually be a bit uncouth for editors to question each other in public, but David Newhouse did the right thing in
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