We all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. We're in a relay race, relying on the financial and human capital of our parents and grandparents. Blacks were shackled for the early part of that relay race, and although many… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Conservatives highlight the primacy of family and argue that family breakdown exacerbates poverty, and they're right. Children raised by single parents are three times as likely to live in poverty as kids in two-parent homes. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
I have a one-question language test that people who have lived abroad do better on than those who studied in a classroom. Try my… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for CEOs' entering politics: In theory, they have management expertise and financial savvy. Then again, it didn't work so… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statistics, economics and a foreign language such as Spanish.… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
However imperfectly, subsidies for the poor do actually reduce hunger, ease suffering and create opportunity, while subsidies for the rich result in more private… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
One of the aims of higher education is to broaden perspectives, and what better way than by a home stay in a really different… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
I suspect unconscious bias has been far more of a factor for President Obama than overt racism and will also be a challenge for… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Utah may well be the most cosmopolitan state in America. Vast numbers of young Mormons - increasingly women as well as men - spend… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Most of the time in the 21st century, we dominate our surroundings: We tweak the thermostat, and the temperature falls one degree. We push… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
My take is that the optimal approach to food, for health and ethical reasons, may be vegetarianism. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Our world is enriched when coders and marketers dazzle us with smartphones and tablets, but, by themselves, they are just slabs. It is the… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
One of the most crucial kinds of intervention is in advocacy. We can think about charities in the context of delivering services, and indeed… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
