It’s finally happened. I’m an official blogger.
March 8th, 2010
For Ms. Magazine. Which makes me, ahem, “Ms. Blogger.”
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Archive for the 'International Politics' Category
We Are The World: Where is Bono?
February 23rd, 2010
Ok, I know this video is already appearing everywhere but here it is, again. I’ve always found these quite moving, although I’m not sure if it is the fact of seeing so many peacocks and divas putting aside their egos to be filmed singing side-by-side chorus style or the sentiment that “we are the world.”
Posted in: Blog, International Politics
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Dambisa Moyo’s new book
March 18th, 2009
My review of Dambisa Moyo’s provocative new book, Dead Aid, appears on The Nation online. Moyo is a fascinating person and her book is well worth reading. Check it out at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090330/shah
Posted in: Articles, International Politics
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Improving the lot of women overseas (what do i know?)
December 2nd, 2008
Look out for the January edition of Ms magazine. They’re running a special feature in which leading feminists offer their thoughts and suggestions on how our new president can improve the lot of women at home and overseas. I was honored to contribute a paragraph or two myself!
Also this month, the History Channel is re-airing [...]
Posted in: Articles, International Politics
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Interpol out to hunt down Pfizer execs?
October 4th, 2007
Nigerian authorities have threatened to send Interpol to capture Pfizer staffers, after the nine Pfizer employees brought up on criminal charges in Nigeria failed to show up in court on Wednesday, after being served not just one but two summons.
“If they fail to appear in court” on November 6, the judge said, “we will have [...]
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Nigeria charges Pfizer for unethical Trovan trial
May 31st, 2007
Nigerian authorities slapped criminal charges on Pfizer this month, alleging that the company’s infamous 1996 botched antibiotic trial there was “rash and negligent,” and endangered lives.
Some of the subjects in the trial died, others suffered permanent disability, and the prosecutors say it’s Pfizer’s fault for providing a too-low dose of its comparator drug. (Listen to [...]
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Tina Rosenberg on the diseases of the poor
March 29th, 2006
Tina Rosenberg’s long opinion piece in today’s New York Times brings much needed attention to the plight of “poor people’s diseases,” from sleeping sickness to tuberculosis (“The Scandal of ‘Poor People’s Diseases,’” New York Times, March 29, 2006). But her argument about malaria—that more DDT would vanquish the disease—is all wrong.
The basic gist of the [...]
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The politics of international aid
December 16th, 2005
Aid is a potent drug. It can help or hinder, depending on the circumstances. If you don’t have cancer, for example, a cancer drug will kill you. That’s why the maxim that is meant to guide medicine is to first do no harm. Don’t rush to “help” because your help (being faulty, partial, subjective) could [...]
Posted in: International Politics, The Body Hunters
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Sonia Shah 