Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas Donabet Kristofis an American journalist, author, op-ed columnist, and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He has written an op-ed column for The New York Times since November 2001, and The Washington Post says that he "rewrote opinion journalism" with his emphasis on human rights abuses and social injustices, such as human trafficking and the Darfur conflict. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has described Kristof as an "honorary African" for shining a spotlight on neglected conflicts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth27 April 1959
CountryUnited States of America
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The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.
As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India.
The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month.
Recently President Bush struck down the Sudan Accountability Act, which would hold accountable those who perpetrated these atrocities.
It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.
Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .
Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health
The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month
Solar power is one of the most hopeful technologies but still produces about 0.01 percent of U.S. electricity. The U.S. allocates just $159 million for solar research per year - about what we spend in Iraq every nine hours.
Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.
Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms, should both note that the intervention that has tested most cost-effective in Africa is neither... Secular bleeding hearts and religious bleeding hearts will have to forge a common cause.
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.
It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.
...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.