What Life Is Like When Having Your Period Means You Are Shunned by Society
Rose George reports from Nepal and Bangladesh on menstrual taboos.
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Africa
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The Unfortunate Lesson of Kony 2012: Nuance Diminishes Outrage
Research undertaken as a video about an African warlord went viral suggests such a film can inspire moral anger—so long as it sticks to an oversimplified message.
‘You Must Have the Courage of Your Convictions’: A Conversation With Jane Goodall
As Jane Goodall turns 80, Henry Nicholls talks to her about her remarkable career studying chimpanzee behavior, her animal welfare activism, and accusations of plagiarism in her latest book.
Among the Disbelievers: An African Skeptic Does Vegas
A fellow at the James Randi Educational Foundation, Leo Igwe is running a high-voltage campaign against witchcraft beliefs in Africa. Can he convince us to join his crusade against evils half a world away?
Rethinking a Zero-Tolerance Approach to Female Genital Mutilation
Are all of our opinions about FGCs largely shaped by racism, ethnocentrism, and a disgust or pity for an imagined Africa?
The Economics of Illegal Ivory
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says destroying ivory can reduce supply and demand at same time.
Seeking Peace Through Superior Flower Power
Restoring Africa's peace could be helped by restoring its fabled—and endangered—fauna.
Diverging Demography of Baltimore and Africa
Someone tell the mayor of Baltimore that there are more important things to focus on than population growth.
Brain Drain Policy Debate: Doctors Emigrating From Africa
The policy challenge is to align the interests of the migrants with the source and destination communities, not how to stop the economic development of people.
The Not-So-Great Professor: Jeffrey Sachs’ Incredible Failure to Eradicate Poverty in Africa
Jeffrey Sachs was certain he knew how to rid the world of poverty. He even said it would be easy. The world had other ideas.