New Yorker in the dock, take II, or, How to accuse indigenous people of awful things (without really trying?)
How do you know if the truth is truly true? Yeah, you read that right. But first, a background note or two: Rhonda Shearer,…
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It's never the women, is it? Always the pigs.
The New Yorker is in some hot water over Jared Diamond’s article last year,about Papua New Guinea. Diamond, you may recall, is a Pulitzer-…
Read MorePulitzers Take II: Congo wins (sort of)
So I took my Pulitzer-day swipe at newspaper publishers yesterday, and today I am in slightly better humor and want to congratulate Lynn Nottage…
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The Antelope’s Strategy
After the genocide, ordinary Rwandans wonder: Can survivors and killers share hilltops again? There’s a shorthand in journalism for the difficult work of covering…
Read More"No, I said I'd only waterboard if I HAD to, and then only for 20 minutes…."
The Obama Administration released some previously top secret documents about tactics used by the CIA today, at the same time that he promised those…
Read MoreOnce more to Rwanda, or "How a Rwandan genocide survivor made peace with the man who almost killed her"
“No Small Mercy” is my newest story on Rwanda, in the fabulous Canadian magazine The Walrus. Think of a publication whose mission is something…
Read MoreRemembering Rwanda
Life came to a standstill this week in Kigali, if it’s anything this year like it was last year. And I’m sure it was….
Read MoreIt's that time of year again
In Rwanda, in any case. Yesterday were the official ceremonies to mark the 15th anniversary of the genocide. I’m not in Kigali this year,…
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Ex-Combatants Return to a Changed Rwanda
A former ‘big man’ deserts his Congo-based militia after learning more about the country he left. Kigali, Rwanda – On a cool February afternoon,…
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Forging New Ways to Live Together After Genocide
The effort plays out in local courts as well as camps that teach the culture of a ‘new’ Rwanda. KIGALI, RWANDA — Two years…
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