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I think it's dangerous to be optimistic.
Nicholas D. Kristof
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Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums that could be used to pay for schools, libraries or early childhood education.
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The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.
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China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.
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In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.
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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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There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.
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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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...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.
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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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One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.
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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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In the long struggle against sex trafficking, we finally have a breakthrough!
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Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.
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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.
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The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.
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Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.
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Guilt-tripping people does not work they tend to be turned off.
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I think that [Donald] Trump is frankly a bigot. He has a racist history.
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