In his New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof recently announced that he is taking applications for his fourth annual 2010 “win-a-trip” contest. As he has done for the past three years, Kristof will once again be taking a student with him “on a reporting trip to Africa to cover issues of global poverty—and their solutions.” Rather than learn about the world’s problems in a classroom, Kristof believes in experiential learning. He writes: “This contest reflects my conviction that the best way to open minds and hearts to the world’s challenges is to see them, hear them, smell them.” Past win-a-trip journeys have been to Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and the Central African Republic; Rwanda, Congo and Burundi; and, most recently, to West Africa. As for the fourth win-a-trip contest, Kristof calls for applicants to reach out to him on Twitter, Facebook, and his blog, to tell him where he and the winner should go and what issues they should cover.
Economic Issues
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December 14, 2009
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February 19, 2009
The National Public Radio story, "Economic Crisis Poses Threat To Global Stability," looks at the deepening global recession and growing unemployment and how it has convinced the head U.S. Intelligence services that economic uncertainty has surpassed terrorism as a threat to national security. NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten explains, "One possibility is that unemployment could get so bad in some countries that there will be civil unrest. Throughout history, wars have often been preceded by serious economic crises. World War II followed the Great Depression, for instance."
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February 19, 2009
The National Public Radio story, "Economic Crisis Poses Threat To Global Stability," looks at the deepening global recession and growing unemployment and how it has convinced the head U.S. Intelligence services that economic uncertainty has surpassed terrorism as a threat to national security. NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten explains, "One possibility is that unemployment could get so bad in some countries that there will be civil unrest. Throughout history, wars have often been preceded by serious economic crises. World War II followed the Great Depression, for instance."
