Nicholas Kristof
Oregon farmboy turned NY Times columnist, author with my wife, @WuDunn, of Half the Sky
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Heads of US business group in Hong Kong denied entry to Macau
Tara Joseph, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, and group’s chairman Robert Grieves held at border for two hours before being turned away.
Nicholas Kristof
More China hardline ineptitude, again needlessly antagonizing potential allies: Heads of US business group in Hong Kong denied entry to Macau scmp.com/news/hong-kong… via @scmpnews
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The Case for Dietary Outrage
I was privileged to speak this past week at a Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit convened at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Along with the edification that came of listening to scholarly colleagues on various topics, I derived comfort...
Nicholas Kristof
In discussions of health care, we correctly talk a good deal about access. We don't talk enough about nutrition -- policy often drives poor people to bad food and thus to bad health outcomes. And as @DrDavidKatz notes, cutting SNAP makes everything worse
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There Is a Right Way to Teach Reading, and Mississippi Knows It
The state’s reliance on cognitive science explains why.
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There Is a Right Way to Teach Reading, and Mississippi Knows It nyti.ms/2sPcMtn Mississippi now has something to teach the rest of the US about education.
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In Prisoner Swap, Iran Frees American Held Since 2016
Xiyue Wang was a graduate student at Princeton who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison on two charges of espionage that U.S. officials have called groundless.
Nicholas Kristof
Some good news: In a prisoner swap, Iran has freed Xiyue Wang, a Princeton graduate student who had been imprisoned since 2016 for engaging in scholarly research. Credit to Brian Hook for negotiating his release.
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The Personal Toll of Photographing a Story About Euthanasia
I spent nearly three years photographing the Paralympic athlete Marieke Vervoort as she prepared to die by choice. It became one of the most emotional assignments — and friendships — of my life.
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.@lynseyaddario has photographed war, poverty and disease all over the world -- but she describes a challenge just as hard, documenting a woman's appointment with death by euthanasia: nyti.ms/2Lt6x4L Underlying story and photos are here: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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The Champion Who Picked a Date to Die
Knowing she had the legal right to die helped Marieke Vervoort live her life. It propelled her to medals at the Paralympics. But she could never get away from the pain.
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.@lynseyaddario has photographed war, poverty and disease all over the world -- but she describes a challenge just as hard, documenting a woman's appointment with death by euthanasia: nyti.ms/2Lt6x4L Underlying story and photos are here: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care
Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn’t match the Border Patrol's account of his...
Stop Investing in China’s Brutality
It’s time for pension funds and others to stop supporting companies that abet Beijing’s crackdowns on China’s Uighurs and Hong Kong’s protesters.
Nicholas Kristof
Should US government employees, including troops, have their pension savings invested in Chinese companies that spy on Americans or repress Chinese? Essay on @nytopinion: "Stop Investing in China’s Brutality" nyti.ms/2rUzz6H by @dpletka and @DerekScissors1
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‘He Showed Us Life’: Japanese Doctor Who Brought Water to Afghans Is Killed
Tetsu Nakamura, 73, arrived in Afghanistan in the 1980s to treat leprosy. But he changed many more lives with the canal-building techniques he brought from his native Japan.
What the C.I.A.’s Torture Program Looked Like to the Tortured
Drawings done in captivity by the first prisoner known to undergo “enhanced interrogation” portray his account of what happened to him in vivid and disturbing ways.
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What the C.I.A.’s Torture Program Looked Like to the Tortured nyti.ms/2DI9sT5 Remarkable, heartbreaking piece by @carolrosenberg
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China’s Genetic Research on Ethnic Minorities Sets Off Science Backlash
Scientists are raising questions about the ethics of studies backed by Chinese surveillance agencies. Prestigious journals are taking action.
Kevin Talks Turkey
My brother dishes on Trump, impeachment and the 2020 field.
AP Exclusive: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Page after page, the names stack up: 629 girls and women from across Pakistan who were sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to China. The list, obtained by The...
Venezuelans’ Struggle to Survive, Told in Pictures
Residents in the nation’s slums suffer with the economy’s collapse.
Nicholas Kristof
I'm doing something unusual with my column for tomorrow: I'm not running it and am using the space for photos from Venezuela depicting the collapse of health care and living standards there. This once great country may be heading for famine
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China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West
Beijing’s pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.
Iran Is Crushing Freedom One Country at a Time
Grass-roots movements in Iran, Iraq and other nations continue to push for rights nonetheless.
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My @nytopinion colleague @tomfriedman on how Iran and other countries are rejecting authoritarian leaders and trying to untangle tribalism -- even as the US is becoming more tribal and the GOP is embracing an authoritarian ruler.
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US votes for sanctions over China Uighur treatment
The House of Representatives votes 407 to 1 in favour - leading to condemnation from China.
How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Carry Out Its Immigration Policies
Newly uncovered documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including measures the agency’s staff sometimes viewed as too harsh on immigrants.
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How @McKinsey helped President Trump carry out his immigration policies, recommending cuts in spending on food and health care for migrants. McKinsey needs to hire a consulting company to search for its soul.
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Book
A Path Appears Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity “Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing
Fighting Extradition, Huawei Executive Writes of ‘Moments of Fear’
On the first anniversary of her arrest, Meng Wanzhou wrote a public letter describing her life in Vancouver, where she is living in a seven-bedroom mansion.