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Bond: Book One of the Bond Trilogy

Bond: Book One of the Bond Trilogy

Award-winning story about a girl and a battle dog who break all the rules.

2022

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I’m starting a new occasional series in 2023 that includes interviews with authors writing books…

And boy do I have a great one to start with: Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann.

12 min readJan 26, 2023

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I’m starting a new occasional series in 2023 that includes interviews with authors writing books…

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Is abortion a human right?

TL;DR: It depends

11 min readNov 11, 2022

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Is abortion a human right?

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“The While Flame”: Eglantyne Jebb and the rights of children

Images of children are a constant, sometimes numbing, and often striking feature of many human rights appeals. These images — currently…

6 min readApr 8, 2022

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“The While Flame”: Eglantyne Jebb and the rights of children

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“Europe’s Conscience”: Fridtjof Nansen, the right to food, and Ukraine

Coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine often underscores how important Ukraine is to feeding people across the world. According to Roman…

6 min readMar 29, 2022

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“Europe’s Conscience”: Fridtjof Nansen, the right to food, and Ukraine

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“I report everything I see”

Anna Politkovskaya and press freedom in Russia

7 min readMar 9, 2022

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“I report everything I see”

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A spotlight on creativity

TL;DR: a love/hate relationship with the Academy Awards

4 min readMar 13, 2024

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A spotlight on creativity

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Revolution in our time

TL;DR: A history of the Black Panthers for young readers

11 min readFeb 13, 2024

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Revolution in our time

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A listmaker confesses

I used to be a secret listmaker, a covert organizer, and quietly, obsessively on time. Secret because the cool kids always bragged that…

7 min readJan 3, 2024

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A listmaker confesses

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Atrocity architect exits

On September 10, 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Lima, Peru, with plans to travel to Colombia the next day. As a researcher…

5 min readDec 3, 2023

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A portrait of the author in Medellín in 2002.

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Vikings and Gender

TL;DR: it’s more complicated than you think

7 min readJun 16, 2023

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Vikings and Gender

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Robin Kirk

Robin Kirk

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Kirk is the author of Righting Wrongs: 20 human rights heroes around the world & a YA fantasy, The Bond Trilogy. She teaches human rights at Duke University.

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