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
Nicholas D. Kristof quotes about
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.
The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.
I've gotten dangerously close to the line by talking policy with politicians, by making direct appeals to readers to act. But lives are on the line.
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.
Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea.
The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.
You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.
The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading leaders directly and more trying to build a social movement that holds their feet to the fire.
It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.
In the long struggle against sex trafficking, we finally have a breakthrough!
In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.
Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .