On Sunday evening, I went to hear Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, speak about their new book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. I have not yet read the book, but listening to Kristof and WuDunn gave me a good sense of what to expect. The book (which highlights …
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A photo in today’s New York Times with an accompanying article shows a pained, elderly woman in the Turkana region of Kenya. Too weak and sick to feed or drink herself, water is being poured into her mouth from a red canteen. Her face is filled with desperation.
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It’s 9am and you’ve just had your breakfast. A banana. A bowl of cereal. A cup of coffee. No matter what you’ve eaten, your breakfast has just endured a long journey from its source to you. Consider for a moment where your breakfast came from. Trace it back to its origin—from a shelf in a …
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