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There are a few topics that have been particularly important to me in my column writing. One of them has been Darfur. Another has been the sexual enslavement and trafficking of young women. In 2004, I wrote a five-column series, most of it reported from Cambodia, about Srey Mom and Srey Neth, two 21st-century slaves, teenage prostitutes whose freedom from brothel owners came at a price of $353.
I'm also a big believer in the new age of multimedia journalism, so you're invited to peruse the full archive of my video coverage.
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Middle EastCreated at 14:35 on 19 June 2008
Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas D. Kristof One of the worst atrocities I've ever witnessed is the literal defacing of young women with acid, in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia and other countries. Acid attacks are almost always targeted at women, not men. Here are some images, but brace yourself: http://bit.ly/58Zobf The Int'l Violence Against Women Act, stalled again this year in Congress, would address these attacks.
Nicholas D. Kristof A question for you college students out there. We've had some inquiries about "Half the Sky" as a freshman read, which didn't exist in the 1780's when I went to college. I presume a freshman read needs to be a paperback, and the paperback edition will probably come out in August. Is that too late? Or do the students get the books and read them in Aug/Sept, so the timing would still work?
Nicholas D. Kristof I just finished reading the latest Alex Rider thriller, "Crocodile Tears," to my 12-yr-old daughter. It's excellent, and I recommend it to anyone looking for a present for a kid this season. Indeed, it's close to Harry Potter or Freddy-the-Pig levels of excellence.
Nicholas D. Kristof What's the best way to fight poverty? Does foreign aid work? I explore the issues in an essay: http://ow.ly/E5oK
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Humanitarians are fiercely divided about what helps poor people. It’s clear that doing good is harder than it looks.
Nicholas D. Kristof The real kowtowing to China isn't anything President Obama did. It's what Microsoft has done with its Bing search engine. Bing is now part of the Propaganda Department apparatus, and Microsoft has dissembled about it. That's insulting to all of us, and so I'm boycotting Bing. Here's my full post on this: http://bit.ly/2cmmfT
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The New York Times’ Nicholas D. Kristof blogs about human rights and the effects of globalization, focusing on third-world countries.
Nicholas D. Kristof My column is up and looks at how opponents of universal health care are using the same precise arguments that were used against Medicare and Social Security. But that scare-mongering was discredited, and once again opponents of health reform are on the wrong side of history. Here's the column. Read it and leave your thoughts: http://bit.ly/3QeXwq
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Attempts to discredit the health reform proposals now before Congress resemble the flawed arguments made in the 1960s.
Nicholas D. Kristof Met with the amazing Urmi Basu, who's in our book and runs the New Light shelter in the Calcutta red-light district. Urmi told me that one prostitute she has helped is sending her son to med school. Some Americans are teaching English to the brothel kids -- what a great experience for all concerned. If you want to teach there as a volunteer, visit ww.newlightIndia.org.
Nicholas D. Kristof Interesting and rigorous study finds that on average, women earn 94 percent of what men earn in the same occupation, after adjusting for many variables. But the gap is higher with jobs paying more than 100k/yr -- there, women earn only 87 percent as much as men. http://bit.ly/EluAt
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New salary data shows that the the gap between what men and women earn narrows when you control for outside factors like experience -- but the gap is still relatively large for high earners.
Nicholas D. Kristof I just changed my Twitter handle to NickKristof from NYTimesKristof. It saves a few letters (Kristof was taken by a German), so makes it easier to RT. But it feels like a name change....
Nicholas D. Kristof My Sunday column is up and tells the story of a hero of mine, Tererai Trent: http://bit.ly/1Q573C . She's a reminder that while talent is universal, opportunity is not. And her journey from poverty to Ph.D is truly an inspiration. Read it and post your thoughts.
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Of all the people earning university degrees this year, perhaps the most remarkable story belongs a one-time impoverished cattle-herd from Zimbabwe.
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One aspect of Half the Sky that I thought would kick off more discussion was a chapter called the God Gulf. In it, we argue that secular liberals and evangelical Christians need to work more closely in the effort against oppression and poverty. We also argue that Christian mission organizations do better work in Africa... than liberals often acknowledge. That issue did arise in this review http://bit.ly/yLSJC and this one: http://bit.ly/1nkk94 . Your thoughts? Can the God Gulf be bridged?Read more
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Nicholas D. Kristof i'm thinking of a reporting trip next month to Cenral America, perhaps Nicaragua, Honduras and I don't know where else. Any suggestions for topics for me to pursue there?
Nicholas D. Kristof My Thursday column is up and argues that the U.S. faces a profound choice: Do we focus resources on health reform or on troops for Afghanistan? Each costs a similar amount, but I argue that the greater threat to Americans comes not from the Taliban but from our dysfunctional insurance system, killing 45,000 Americans a year: http://bit.ly/PWvDU . Read it and let me know what you think.
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What is the best way to spend $100 billion per year? On health care reform or the surge in Afghanistan? Simple. One pays for itself, the other doesn’t.
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A humanitarian triumph: Bill Gates notes that the eradication of smallpox cost the U.S. $130 million over 10 years. Since then, we have saved $17 billion in smallpox costs in the U.S. alone -- not counting all the savings abroad and the misery and deaths that smallpox caused. Sometimes humanitarian work makes the best investment, as Gates notes in www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproje
