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

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror.

Individual storytelling is incredibly powerful. We as journalists know intuitively what scientists of the brain are discovering through brain scans, which is that emotional stories tend to open the portals, and that once there's a connection made, people are more open to rational arguments.

Photographs are still being taken but aren't being shown. There's one of a skeleton bound at the wrists with pants still around its ankles; if it was a woman, she was likely raped; if it was a man, he was possibly castrated.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

For most of history, genocide was just something governments did and nobody blinked.