How do you get from a dusty refugee camp to Atlanta, anyway?
This year, the Christian Science Monitor has been following Bill Clinton Hadam and his family, as LBC–“Little Bill Clinton,” as the series and the…
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Kinshasa's Symphony Orchestra
I was so excited to see this today on Wronging Rights, who got it via Congo Resources. There was a really nice guy who…
Read MoreTruth vs. soundbites
I’m only just getting my head wrapped around the ENOUGH project’s new Congo campaign well…enough (damn them for making such bad puns inevitable!) to…
Read MoreTop 10 Sad Things the Palin-Letterman Controversy Says about America
I had a nice little list going, centered on the most outrageous element of all: a form letter for anti-Letterman protestors–egged on, in spirit…
Read MoreOkay, activists, here's your new problem: Congo is in the media, but not fixed. Now what?
I don’t have data on this–maybe my new heartthrob Ryan C Briggs can help–but I’ve just come across a trope I’m tired of. I…
Read MorePostpone that volcano hike, maybe?
On top of all the displacement, rebel attacks, and other insecurities, eastern Congo is apparently due for a volcano eruption. The good news? There’s…
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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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 MoreCongo 101, or "Can't you clap?"
This has got to be the best quote yet to run in anyone’s Congo stories. From Stephanie McCrummen, who has been doing stellar work…
Read MoreUN updates, and a kink fix
In case you were desperate to read the story I posted the wrong link for, here it is: “Rwanda-Congo move isolates UN mission” This…
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