As if I could resist. What you are about to get is a collection of hasty thoughts, and then I am going to return to
[Update: For more recent posts on the 2012 campaign, also see here.] Invisible Children, as many readers may know, is less a film than a
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. IPA and the International Rescue Committee are teaming up to figure out how to reduce
Why Invisible Children dissolved Each state in one word, courtesy of Google autocomplete “Why does phone quality still suck, while Skype and FaceTime sounds like
That is the tweet of the week, from @AfricasACountry. They’re talking about this article, “How a Texas philanthropist funded the hunt for Joseph Kony”: Davis told me
It is actually a graphic novel, Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa. FP offers an excerpt online: Chapter 8 – Invisible Children, describing
In the storm that has erupted over Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign, one conclusion that people on all sides of the controversy tend to agree
…KONY 2012 happens. I only realized this by accident, when I peeked into my email Inbox for one measly second (I am still on vacation,
Very simple: Mareike Schomerus and Tim Allen’s piece in Foreign Affairs. Few have studied the LRA longer or more in depth. A runner up is the latest
Via GG, the latest from the Invisible Children blog: Alright everyone, get your TiVo’s ready. Our good friend John Prendergast at Enough has been working
The actual randomization reminded me of the children’s game Duck, Duck, Goose. The local leaders and several AVSI employees walked in a circle, plucking pieces
It’s that time of year when students come to my office and ask about summer internships in Africa. Lately I’ve advised them to try to
