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Nicholas Kristof: Chinese officials aren't laughing at dissident's humor

By Nicholas Kristof - Published: Wednesday, January 2 2013 - 12:00 am

BEIJING – China's leaders have tried honoring Ai Weiwei and bribing him with the offer of high positions. They have tried jailing him, fining him and clubbing him so brutally that he needed emergency brain surgery. In desperation, they have even begged him to behave – and nothing works.

Nicholas D. Kristof: How philanthropic giving became cool, changed the world

By Nicholas D. Kristof - Published: Friday, December 28 2012 - 12:00 am

It was 15 years ago that Ted Turner needed something interesting to say in a speech – and decided, in a rush, to give away $1 billion.

Nicholas D. Kristof: As civil war drags out, Syria's men are disappearing

By Nicholas D. Kristof - Published: Friday, November 16 2012 - 12:00 am

BAB AL-SALAM, Syria – It was cold and drizzling as yet another family made homeless by war arrived in this town in northern Syria to start a new life in a tent.

Nicholas D. Kristof: Will climate change get some respect after superstorm Sandy?

By Nicholas D. Kristof - Published: Friday, November 2 2012 - 12:00 am

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney seemed determined not to discuss climate change in this campaign. So thanks to Hurricane Sandy for forcing the issue: Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?

Nicholas D. Kristof: We all helped build the successful businesses in U.S.

By Nicholas D. Kristof - Published: Thursday, August 30 2012 - 12:00 am

The Republican National Convention opened by smacking President Barack Obama with the theme "We Built it."

Nicholas D. Kristof: Lost, unconnected and loving it

By Nicholas D. Kristof - Updated: Tuesday, August 7 2012 - 9:38 am

Actually, that dateline isn't quite right. It shouldn't be "on" the Pacific Crest Trail, because my daughter and I drifted off the trail. We ended up completely lost in a wilderness of snow, mountains and forests.

Nicholas D. Kristof: Obama's foreign aid program for farmers could be transformative

By Nicholas D. Kristof - Updated: Friday, July 13 2012 - 11:41 am

The farm fields here are cemeteries of cornstalks: A severe drought has left them brown, withered and dead. Normally, a failed crop like that signifies starvation.