Nicholas Kristof
Oregon farmboy turned NY Times columnist, author with my wife, @WuDunn, of "Tightrope" bit.ly/2qUsgvr I'm on IG at @NickKristof and FB at Facebook.com/kristof
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Uighur model sends rare video from Chinese detention
Seven months ago Merdan Ghappar disappeared in Xinjiang. Then his family started getting messages.
US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy
Policy Points
Changes in US state policies since the 1970s, particularly after 2010, have played an important role in the stagnation and recent decline in US life expectancy.
Some US state polici...
Abductions, Censorship and Layoffs: Pakistani Critics Are Under Siege
Recent abductions of a journalist and an activist have underscored Pakistan’s worsening rights conditions as the country’s security forces pressure the news media and human rights groups.
Nicholas Kristof
I've huge respect for Pakistan journalists who struggle to report despite risk of arrest, torture and assassination: nyti.ms/2XlJG0V I wish the Pakistani military and intelligence community would understand that journalists are not the enemy.
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Saudi activist's family say she hasn't been heard from in 6 weeks | CBC News
Women's rights activist Loujain Alhathloul, currently jailed in Saudi Arabia, hasn't been heard from in six weeks — the longest time she's been silent since she was arrested two years ago, her family says.
US EPA's regulatory pesticide evaluations need clearer guidelines for considering mammary gland tumors and other mammary gland effects
Breast cancer risk from pesticides may be missed if effects on mammary gland are not assessed in toxicology studies required for registration. Using U…
Nicholas Kristof
New study finds 28 pesticides are linked to mammary gland tumors. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Other countries are more careful about regulating toxic chemicals; the US regulators are often in the pockets of Big Chem.
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Using Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Addiction
Getting medication long meant seeing a licensed provider. Now a strategy for evading Covid-19 makes treatment available via the web.
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‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus.
Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year. Lockdowns and supply-chain disruptions threaten progress against the disease as well as H.I.V. and malaria.
Nicholas Kristof
Excellent piece about how Covid-19 is leading to setbacks in managing AIDS, TB and other diseases around the world: nytimes.com/2020/08/03/hea… by @apoorva_nyc It may well be that Covid-19 kills more people indirectly -- by exacerbating malnutrition, TB etc -- than it kills directly.
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D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Fraud, Filing Suggests
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump should turn over his tax returns.
Nicholas Kristof
Manhattan D.A. Is Investigating Trump and His Company Over Possible Banking and Insurance Fraud, Filing Suggests
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Homeboy Industries - Hilton Foundation
Breaking the cycle of violence and trauma Founded in 1988, the mission of Homeboy Industries is to provide hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated individuals, who are welcomed into a community of mutual...
How to Go to College During a Pandemic
Students at Minerva spend four years entirely online. Is this the future of higher education?
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Nicholas Kristof
My @nytopinion colleague @frankbruni with an interesting look at a college that has never had a campus, Minerva, and the lessons it offers for universities in the age of Covid
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As Feds Retreat in Portland, Protesters Return to Original Foe: Local Police
While protests around the federal courthouse have remained calm for three consecutive nights, Portland police officers chased demonstrators through the streets near a local precinct.
Photos show how San Francisco's 'mask slackers' and the Anti-Mask League defied mask-wearing laws while the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic seized the city
The city has become a poster child for its compliance with COVID-19 pandemic health orders. A century prior, it was a hotspot for anti-mask sentiment.
Thank God for Judy Blume
Many people assume that I had a very body-positive upbringing. But like so many women, it was quite the opposite.
More than 2,000 turn out at Portland protests Friday, as state troopers stay away for 2nd night
Friday is the second straight day that police did not use tear gas to break up crowds.
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Nicholas Kristof
Trump said the Feds were in Portland to "protect" rather than "provoke." But the retreat of the Feds for two nights running, replaced by state police, resulted in peace breaking out. No rubber bullets, no injuries. Pretty clear who was provoking violence. oregonlive.com/portland/2020/… twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
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Americans Are Self-Censoring at Record Rates
The percentage of Americans afraid to share their political views has tripled.
Virus testing turnaround times reveal wide disparity
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Settles was swabbed for COVID-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results. “They...
American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom
The shooting of Tahir Ahmad Naseem drew strong U.S. condemnation of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which are often used to persecute and intimidate religious minorities.
Nicholas Kristof
American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom nytimes.com/2020/07/30/wor… Time for Pakistani leaders, including @ImranKhanPTI, to end the blasphemy laws in Pakistan.
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The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World
In “Eat the Buddha,” Barbara Demick tells the story of Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule through the stories of the people who have seen it up close.