It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition

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

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.