Nicholas Kristof
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"Nicholas Donabet Kristof" is an American journalist, author, op-ed columnist, and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He has written an op-ed column for The New York Times since November 2001 and The Washington Post says that he "rewrote opinion journalism" with his emphasis on human rights abuses and social injustices, such as human trafficking and the War in Darfur/Darfur conflict. Although Kristof has sometimes been criticized for highlighting human rights abuses in Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has described Kristof as an "honorary African" for shining a spotlight on neglected conflicts.

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I didn't just want to sit and suck my thumb and write.

You'll have to leave your studio, Bill. You'll encounter pure evil. If you're like me, you'll be scared ... and you'll finally be using your talents for an important cause.

The only way, in turn, for us to assert our own humanity is to stand up to it, and that is precisely what I'm afraid we are not doing now.

It's an issue that I have been interested in writing about.

They were getting no international help; no aid had arrived.

Not only have you been completely shamed, you have shamed your entire family. And the way to wipe that out is to commit suicide. And that's the expectation across rural Pakistan.

I can't get these images out of my mind.