Nicholas D. Kristof
What’s Ahead for China in the Year of the Dragon?
Monday marks the beginning of 4709 in the Chinese calendar, the “Year of the Dragon”. A strong, fiery, and auspicious cultural symbol, the lunar year ahead holds the potential for seismic change. In addition to the generational transitions set for its government, military, and the Communist Party, some experts are claiming 2012 will be the […]
Flash Forward: The Arab World in 2012
December 10, 2010 marked the beginning of the Arab Spring, a series of pro-democracy movements that moved from Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, and Libya. A little over a year later, violent protests are still happening on the streets of Cairo and Homs, Tunisia and Libya are peaceful, while Bahrain and Yemen remain ominously […]
Nicholas Kristof on the Reported Death of Gadhafi
Unconfirmed reports out of Libya this morning say Col. Moammar Gadhafi has died of injuries he sustained when he was captured in his birthplace of Sirte earlier in the day. Celebrations are breaking out all over the country, as jubilant Libyans rejoice over the dawn of a new country, and the alleged death of a brutal leader. Gadhafi was hated by […]
Nicholas Kristof on Occupy Wall Street
Police have arrested at least five Occupy Wall Street protesters, who continue to march toward the New York Stock Exchange. The march began after news broke that the mayor of New York had cancelled a planned cleaning of Zuccotti Park, where protesters faced eviction after living in the park for the past four weeks. Protesters […]
Sheryl WuDunn on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners
Sheryl WuDunn and her husband, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, wrote “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” which advocates improving the conditions of women in order to improve the world. We talk with WuDunn.