Watch Where You’re Going — Race, Power, Police and Storytelling
In “Where I Am Going,” an advocacy group enlists the power of visual storytelling to tackle stop-and-frisk The power of short documentary video to…
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The real issue with Africa and the ICC
After all the reporting trips you’ve read about here, all the stories I’ve done about war and justice and voice and violence, I’m massively…
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After the Uproar
A photographer’s continued work on domestic violence Earlier this year, photographer Sara Lewkowicz caught a moment of domestic violence on camera. Lewkowicz had been…
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How much does Africa spend on health?
That’s what the ONE campaign wants to know. They’ve kicked off a petition to ask African leaders to publish their health budgets — promises…
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Sick in Africa? Get thee to a cargo container
The next Chinese incursion into Africa is coming by ship. Last year, in a pilot program, China trained 10 doctors in how to use…
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Some surprising facts about FGM, in new UNICEF study
UNICEF today released a thorough report on female genital mutilation/cutting, which includes deep dives into data sets, methodology and social theory — there’s a…
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The news on AIDS in South Africa is not what you think
The “AIDS in Africa” story we know in the West is bleak: HIV is spreading across the continent, accosting and killing men and women…
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR — AIDS Orphange Closes Because Babies No Longer Dying
AIDS killed a baby a week during the height of the epidemic at the Cotlands child-care facility in South Africa. But because treatment has…
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How South Africa Is Beating the AIDS Epidemic
AIDS turning point: South Africa is the worst-hit country in the worst-hit region of the epidemic. But the disease is no longer an acute…
Read MoreWhy this rocks: J. Lester Feder on same-sex marriage in South Africa
First and foremost, it’s about South Africa. There’s no universalizing paragraph linking the issue in South Africa to the rest of the continent; where…
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