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Kristof: Liu Xiaobo has suffered so others may be free

Dear Liu Xiaobo, You may be the man I most admire. For decades you’ve struggled and suffered to advance human liberty, at the cost of your own – and now, it seems, at the cost of ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Good news, despite what you’ve heard

GANTA, Liberia – Cheer up: Despite the gloom, the world truly is becoming a better place. Indeed, 2017 is likely to be the best year in the history of humanity. To explain why, le...

DATE: Jul 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Opioid crisis calls for national-level response

About as many Americans are expected to die this year of drug overdoses as died in the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. For more than 100 years, death rates have been ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Dear Paul Ryan, Listen to Planned Parenthood patients

Dear Paul Ryan, As you work with President Trump to cut off federal funds for Planned Parenthood, Mr. Ryan, I consulted some experts – patients in your own district. I ...

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: What monkeys can teach us about fairness

Monkeys were taught in an experiment to hand over pebbles in exchange for cucumber slices. They were happy with this deal. Then the researcher randomly offered one monkey — in sig...

DATE: Jun 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Patriotic reminders for our Republican leadership

We certainly don’t want leading Republicans to tumble into hypocrisy, so let’s refresh their memories. Patriots like Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have eloquently warned of the importance of...

DATE: May 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Donald Trump versus women’s health

When video surfaced last fall of Donald Trump boasting about sexual assault, outrage erupted. But if Trump’s words about women were offensive, his policies are incomparably more consequentia...

DATE: May 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Meet Dr. Willie Parker, a Southern Christian abortion provider

No issue in America is more toxic than abortion, and that’s partly because it is today so closely associated with religion. While many feminists see abortion as a matter of choice, some Chri...

DATE: May 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Lessons from 100 days of President Donald Trump

Here are a dozen things we have learned in President Donald Trump’s first 100 days. 1. Trump has had the worst beginning of any president since, oh, perhaps William Henry Harrison...

DATE: May 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

A closer look at administration’s ‘pro-life’ policies

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When President Donald Trump and his (male) aides sit at a conference table deciding to cut off money to women’s health programs abroad, they call it a “pro-life” move...

DATE: Apr 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Hillary Rodham Clinton, after the election, is free to speak her mind again

In the most wrenching, humiliating way possible, Hillary Clinton has been liberated. She is now out of the woods again, and speaking her mind. In her first interview since the ele...

DATE: Apr 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Civilization is built on art and humanities, not just microchips

So what, if President Donald Trump wants to deport Big Bird..? We’re struggling with terrorism, refugees, addiction, and grizzlies besieging schools. Isn’t it snobbish to fuss ove...

DATE: Apr 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof