Stories by Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild is the author of King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa.
As with WWI troop escalation, the "Big Push" in Iraq will likely do nothing to end the war and much to light the fuses of future ones.
Posted on Jan 23, 2007
In 1787, British abolitionists saw a link among all humankind.
Posted on Jan 31, 2005
Iraq has now joined the increasing ranks of unstable, chaotic countries that exist as mere shells, stripped of any real power. History teaches us that no good will come of it.
Posted on Jun 29, 2004
The movement to end slavery in the British Empire in the 18th century is likely the first human-rights campaign in history. Its legacy lives on in the activism tools used today.
Posted on Jan 30, 2004
After more than a century of expansion of the concept that everybody deserves human rights, we now seem to be -- temporarily, at least -- slipping backwards.
Posted on Apr 28, 2003
The path to this senseless war has been paved with exaggeration, outright falsehoods and claims of imminent terror attacks.
Posted on Jan 27, 2003
