Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses. Nicholas D. Kristof More Quotes by Nicholas D. Kristof More Quotes From Nicholas D. Kristof When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the pain of childbirth should be shared, so the mother would hold on to a string tied to her husband's testicles. With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden. Surely if such a mechanism were more widespread, injuries in childbirth would garner more attention. Nicholas D. Kristof painhusbandmother Photographs are still being taken but aren't being shown. There's one of a skeleton bound at the wrists with pants still around its ankles; if it was a woman, she was likely raped; if it was a man, he was possibly castrated. Nicholas D. Kristof skeletonstakenmen The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food. Nicholas D. Kristof petworldyears I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. Nicholas D. Kristof literaturestoriespeople ...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public. Nicholas D. Kristof environmentalgroupstrack Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate? Nicholas D. Kristof climate-changeclimateweather For most of history, genocide was just something governments did and nobody blinked. Nicholas D. Kristof genocide If you just try to make rational arguments about why people should care about Congo and how 5 million people have died, then people tend not to be receptive. But once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role. Nicholas D. Kristof empathysupportivepeople Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball. Nicholas D. Kristof humanitarianleadertrying Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations. Nicholas D. Kristof newseditorswriting There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in. Nicholas D. Kristof blackliteraturematter In the long struggle against sex trafficking, we finally have a breakthrough! Nicholas D. Kristof strugglelongsex You could perhaps better tell the story of a place by writing of a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture was facing. It struck me as a better way to learn about a place, or at least a different way, than just going to interview the president. So I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. But I'm just amazed. Nicholas D. Kristof issueswritingpeople One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have new products. Meanwhile, you have issues like clean water, literacy for girls, female empowerment. People flinch at the idea of marketing these because marketing sounds like something only companies do. Nicholas D. Kristof issuesgirlideas Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role. Nicholas D. Kristof empathysupportiveplay A little bit of attention can go a long way. Nicholas D. Kristof literatureattentionlong I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Nicholas D. Kristof dangerousoptimisticthinking I said that one can't stereotype [Donald] Trump voters anymore than they can anybody else. Nicholas D. Kristof columnsvotersstereotype Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons. Nicholas D. Kristof moneyeducationreality So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is variously reported to have cost $10 million or more. Just to put that in perspective, that sum could have built 200 schools in poor countries around the world for kids who desperately want an education. Then Kardashian could have helped transform the world, not just entertain it. And the schools would have lasted incomparably longer than her marriage. Nicholas D. Kristof countrykidsschool
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