Sierra Leonans Look to Truth-Telling for Post-War Peace
BOMARU, SIERRA LEONE — Little but its history distinguishes Bomaru from other villages scattered across Sierra Leone’s countryside. A quiet place with mud houses…
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Sierra Leone’s “Family Talk” Heals Scars of war
KAILAHUN DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE — John Caulker might know the rough, red-rock roads of rural Sierra Leone better than he knows the hallways of…
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In Africa, Justice for Bush Wives
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — Fatmata Jalloh was just a kid selling pancakes on a rural road in Sierra Leone when a rebel soldier snatched…
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San Quentin’s Self-Rehab: Healing on the Inside
SAN QUENTIN, CALIF. — When he stands, Gerry Harris towers over everyone in the room. He’s bald, with a salt-and-pepper beard that climbs to…
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There’s Magic in Las Vegas’ Rank and File Talent
LAS VEGAS — Hands are a strange thing to dwell on, but Mat Black’s demand notice. He has long, slender fingers with short, well-kept…
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Bush Sees Results of His AIDS Plan in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA; AND KIGALI, RWANDA — In 2006, when Kau Makgosa was diagnosed with HIV, a new US-funded program provided him with free…
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In Africa, Bush Touts AIDS Efforst and Basks in Popularity
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Kwesi Amukwah, who sells Ghanaian soccer shirts, has nothing but praise for President Bush, if only because the world’s most…
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A Human Rights Statistician Finds Truth in Numbers
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — The tension started in the witness room. “You could feel the stress rolling off the walls in there,” Patrick Ball…
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The Day A Subway Hero’s Year of Swag Comes to An End
NEW YORK — Being a hero sometimes means, among other things, that commuting costs less. And so Wesley Autrey Sr. – “Subway Hero,” says…
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Meet Lee Hamilton, Washington’s Bipartisan Power Broker
WASHINGTON — Political crises are supposed to be a thing of the past for Lee Hamilton. Lately – most notably as vice-chair of the…
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