Category Archives: Ethical Dilemma

“They want journalists to tell only one story – their story.” Continue reading →

“Cleaning the earth of Tutsis was framed as cleaning the earth of sin.” Continue reading →

Growing up, the only knowledge I had of North Korea came from a paperback chapter book about a girl who fled from Pyongyang by crawling under a barbed-wire fence. Continue reading →

My move wasn’t without controversy. Many well-intentioned people roared about the absurd danger. Some made a more compelling case: simply, they don’t want you. These people enjoy the escape from the historically negative white presence they must deal with everyday. At best, they said, it’s voyeuristic. Continue reading →

After spending the past year in Uganda living amidst the fallout of giving, I barely recognize the person I once was.
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I had come out of the office and saw a colleague sitting across the school yard under a palm tree with two female students in front of her with arms outstretched. She raised a long, flat metal rod and hit each of their arms in quick succession. Continue reading →

My son may not be safe in all the ways that he could be. He might not be safe at all. But I want more for him than his bodily safety and my peace of mind. I also want him to grow up flexible and free and unafraid. Continue reading →

I always thought I knew which side of that fight I was on. Continue reading →

Now that the road is here, the future is arriving on it, for Tanzania as a whole and for the individual citizens who requested it. Continue reading →