My friend and colleague Hal Roberts is taking on one of the hardest research questions in the space of internet and society – the surveillance… Read More »Hal Roberts: Should we worry that Google is watching?
It’s hard to look forward to something as difficult and sad as Medicine Sans Frontieres top ten list of global humanitarian crises. I noted last… Read More »MSF’s top ten – how disconnection affects public health
Some of the most insightful and moving writing about Africa comes from correspondents just as they’re leaving the continent. Africa correspondents are generally absurdly overworked.… Read More »Finding hope, even in the hardest stories
There’s lots of business and economics news to be angry about, if you choose to be angry. But one story in particular has my attention,… Read More »Bribery is a two-way street
Understanding Somalia always requires some triangulation. Recent events are more than a little baffling, at least at first glance. At second glance, they make a… Read More »Consensus on Somalia: it’s going to get worse
Yesterday afternoon, I sat in on a discussion at a Berkman Center conference about the role of YouTube in electoral politics. It was never explicitly… Read More »Citizen video and windows on the world