SVWC Writers Speaking Out: Apr 17-23
By: Carrie Lightner
Here’s what our SVWC alumni have been writing about this week:
David Brooks (SVWC 2011 & 2017) – “The G.O.P. Is Getting Even Worse” – The New York Times
Jeffrey Brown (SVWC 2013-2019) – “‘It was like freedom:’ How a camp for disabled children changed lives” – PBS NewsHour
Steve Coll (SVWC 2018) – “In India, Narendra Modi’s Government Is Using The Courts to Attack Civil Rights” – The New Yorker
Maureen Corrigan (SVWC 2016) – “Why Did the Chicken Befriend the Widow? Find Out in This Plucky Italian Novella” – NPR’s Fresh Air
Karen Crouse (SVWC 2018) – “Lydia Ko Stops Worrying About Winning, and Starts to Win Again” – The New York Times
Thomas L. Friedman (SVWC 2018) – “What Joe Biden and I Saw After the U.S. Invaded Afghanistan” – The New York Times
Elizabeth Kolbert (SVWC 2021) – “Why Bitcoin is Bad For the Environment” – The New Yorker
Mary Norris (SVWC 2015) – “Grammar-Nerd Heaven” – The New Yorker
Shashi Tharoor (SVWC 2008) – “Shashi Tharoor on the need to avoid a Cold War between US and China” – The Week
Fareed Zakaria (SVWC 2018) – “We’re spending so much time thinking about risk when we should be considering the reward” – The Washington Post
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