Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives

You could perhaps better tell the story of a place by writing of a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture was facing. It struck me as a better way to learn about a place, or at least a different way, than just going to interview the president. So I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. But I'm just amazed.

There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.

It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.

Random violence is incredibly infectious

When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the pain of childbirth should be shared, so the mother would hold on to a string tied to her husband's testicles. With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden. Surely if such a mechanism were more widespread, injuries in childbirth would garner more attention.

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.