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The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.
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A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.
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Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives
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If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.
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I think that [Donald] Trump is frankly a bigot. He has a racist history.
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It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.
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Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.
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It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.
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While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction
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The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.
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The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month
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We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur
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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
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Solar power is one of the most hopeful technologies but still produces about 0.01 percent of U.S. electricity. The U.S. allocates just $159 million for solar research per year - about what we spend in Iraq every nine hours.
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The equivalent of five jumbo jets' worth of women die in labor each day, but the issue is almost never covered.
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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.
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Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.
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In much of the world, the most dangerous thing a woman can do is become pregnant.
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I think it's dangerous to be optimistic.
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Guilt-tripping people does not work they tend to be turned off.
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