Kenyan Wangari Muta Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her work as an environmental and political activist. Her campaigns against deforestation in Africa earned her the nickname: Tree Woman. Now she’s using her new status to further the environmental movement in her country and to pressure the world to achieve the UN Millennium Development goals of reducing poverty.
Drawing A Blanco
Terence Samuel, chief Congressional correspondent for US News & World
- on Governor Blanco's testimony
» US News and World Report
- on Governor Blanco's testimony
» US News and World Report
ID Crisis
Michael Powell, reporter for the Washington Post
- reports on the lawsuit over teaching "intelligent design" in Dover, Pennsylvania
» "Intimidation Alleged On 'Intelligent Design'" (The Washington Post)
» The Dover Area School District
- reports on the lawsuit over teaching "intelligent design" in Dover, Pennsylvania
» "Intimidation Alleged On 'Intelligent Design'" (The Washington Post)
» The Dover Area School District
30 Issues: Home Health Aides
Michael Aronson, editorial page writer with the New York Daily News,
-says whether to make home health aides city employees is becoming a potent issue in New York's race for mayor
» News & Views in the New York Daily News
-says whether to make home health aides city employees is becoming a potent issue in New York's race for mayor
» News & Views in the New York Daily News
Nobel Causes
Dr. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of Kenya's Green Belt Movement
- on her work in Kenya helping save the environment
» The Nobel Peace Prize
» Wangari Maathai's webpage
- on her work in Kenya helping save the environment
» The Nobel Peace Prize
» Wangari Maathai's webpage
From the Department of Inappropriate Pitches
We hesitate to call attention to this book, because it included a very kind note from the author. It sounds almost trite to say this, but it's not the kind of thing we'd do on the Brian Lehrer Show. Sorry!
The 1 Train is My Airforce One
Also from The Politicker: a humorous account of Howard Dean's movements through the city.
From the Department of Swag: Bratz
Unlike some of our colleagues in the media, BL Producers do not get sent rolex watches or invited on press junkets to Necker Island. 99.9% of the goods entering our office consists of books, but every so often something unexpected comes along. Such as this:
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