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Janine di Giovanni

Janine di Giovanni

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Janine di Giovanni is executive director at The Reckoning Project, which documents war crimes inside Ukraine. She has been a reporter of war and conflict for more than three decades, working in more than 19 wars and witnessing three genocides, focused mainly on human rights. She is the author of nine books, and the recipient of more than a dozen journalistic and humanitarian awards. She is the former Murrow fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a senior fellow at Yale Jackson School for Global Affairs and a fellow at Johns Hopkins Agora Institute. She lives in New York City and Paris and is the mother of one son.
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Why was Washington even haggling over Covid-19 relief?

US politicians should hit the road and talk to ordinary people to understand the dire need for stimulus cheques

CommentDecember 29, 2020
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In New York, the ghosts of Christmas past

The city has emptied out due to Covid-19, but those of us left must not lose hope

CommentDecember 14, 2020
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Finding hope this Thanksgiving

Being merry this Thanksgiving is going to be difficult, but we should seek comfort in small rays of hope

CommentNovember 25, 2020
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Biden's America will be a more hopeful America

Many Americans are euphoric from his win but on the flip side, what the President-elect will inherit is terrifying

CommentNovember 10, 2020
A supporter of former vice president Joe Biden, left, shouts defamatory slurs at supporters of President Donald Trump. AP Photo
Roots of a dirty 2020 campaign stretch deep into US history

It has been a long, bitter and deeply unpleasant campaign

CommentOctober 31, 2020
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What we don't get about women in politics and war

Conflict reporting often distorts the nature of female influence in peace and security

CommentOctober 26, 2020
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My son and I were lucky to access the best of US health care

'My respect and gratitude for patching up my broken son was huge. But it was these emergency doctors and nurses who were heroes to me'

CommentOctober 20, 2020
Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators pursue counter-protesters after a pro-Trump caravan rally at the Oregon State Capitol building on September 7, 2020. Getty Images / AFP
Is America on the brink of civil war?

The country is plagued by economic disparity, nationalism, extremist groups on both sides, a dire economy and the shadow of Covid-19

The AmericasOctober 20, 2020
A handout image made available by the White House showing US President Donald Trump working in a conference room while receiving treatment after testing positive for Covid-19. EPA
This is America, a dystopian city on a hill

The US will bounce back, but we have a dreadful year and an extraordinary election to get through first

CommentOctober 20, 2020
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What is the future of work from a kitchen table?

A study says the future of work essentially boils down to entitlement and inequality

CommentOctober 20, 2020
Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are joint winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. EPA
Will the 2020 Nobel Prize winners draw more women to science?

Charpentier and Doudna, this year's recipients, are exceptions rather than the rule

CommentOctober 20, 2020
A teenage girl prays during a rally in support of US President Donald Trump in Clackamas, Oregon, on August 29, 2020. AP
Will America’s Evangelicals keep faith with Donald Trump?

The US president has delivered on the expectations of Christian voters, in his policies if not in his personal life

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'I am a teacher and I am going back'

With my first class starting on September 4, I’ve spent two hours a day practising speaking with a mask on

CommentAugust 24, 2020
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Unlike in the show 'Mrs America', the second wave feminist movement was not about women pitted against one another

CommentAugust 17, 2020
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Why is the world unable to see Gaza's true potential?

Living under permanent siege, Gazans have had to innovate to survive - yet their suffering has no end in sight

CommentJuly 26, 2020
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