Today I’d like to recognize my friend Mahwash Rehman, an advocate for women’s equality and a very talented photographer. Mahwash took the time to talk to me about her thesis project on the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team. On her artist’s statement page, where you can view a slideshow of her photographs, she explains the significance of…
All I have been able to think about since yesterday is the girl whose story has caught wildfire, Malala Yousufzai. The fourteen-year-old activist, who received Pakistan’s highest civilian honor for her work promoting girls’ education in the Swat Valley, was shot yesterday by the Taliban in the head and neck. They “claimed responsibility”, as if,…
The (Keep ‘Em) Coming of the Drones The thorny issue of the CIA’s use of drone warfare was the focus of CODEPINK’s recent conference in D.C. last week. Humanitarians, journalists, activists, lawyers, and technology experts all came together to discuss the “widespread and rapidly expanding deployment of both lethal and surveillance drones, including drone use in…
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