Survivors Start to Confront Trauma
This the second part of a three-part series. See “Part 1: Survivors start to confront trauma.” See Part 3, the slide show “Remembering in…
Read More
Day of babies!
So today, apparently, is Birthing Day in my life. I woke up to Glenna Gordon’s amazing photos of a Liberian maternity ward, where among…
Read MoreI've always been a little weepy, but…for a newspaper?
Today is the last day the Christian Science Monitor publishes a daily paper. To make obvious why, I will tell you that I read…
Read MoreVox justus. (Cuz that sounds like it would be Latin for justice…): An interview with Luis Moreno-Ocampo
My personal picks for “best of” the ICC prosecutor’s sit-down with Newsweek: NEWSWEEK: Bashir responded to the ICC’s arrest warrant by expelling foreign-aid groups…
Read More
Editorial Choices II, or, Good job, Parade, for not making rape victims all victim-y
Er, sort of. Parade Magazine is circulated in local American newspapers and claims something like 40 gajillion readers. It’s seriously huge, and pretty mainstreamy,…
Read MoreEditorial Choices I, or, "Gawker, will you feel even a little bad if someone DOES blow up the AIG building?"
Probably even my African readers have a good idea of how much populism is being stirred in American right now by just saying the…
Read MorePoints to the hubris patrol
A reader has pointed out an error I made last week, in a post about writing about rape in Congo. Having struggled with the…
Read MoreHey, journalists, here's an idea…
I really have to just start another journalism blog, so those of you who are here for Africa don’t have to wade through this….
Read MoreICC: Not as stupid as the cynics may have thought…
So I feel a little bad about my reflexive “Yes, but what about the DYING?!” response to the ICC indictments. For starters, it’s pretty…
Read MoreWhat does the high road cost?; or, Thanks, ICC: Bashir orders a dozen+ aid agencies out of Darfur
There has been lots of speculation, hand-wringing and other expressions of sincere concern since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the…
Read More