Nicholas Kristof

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kanisha Hamilton became an expert on sex trafficking in the most unfortunate way, beginning at age 12. So whenever she heard talk about the Jeffrey Epstein case, "it triggered me bad," she recalled.

A fter a 1,000-mile road trip across a swath of America, I can't get one person out of my mind: Trinity Goodman, a cheerful, chatty woman in Oklahoma City who had a bandage on her arm.

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Kanisha Hamilton became an expert on sex trafficking in the most unfortunate way, beginning at age 12. So whenever she heard talk about the Jeffrey Epstein case, “it triggered me bad,” she recalled.

A Latin American sees homes that have air-conditioning but are racked by addiction and puzzles over what it means to be poor.

I thought I knew what poverty looked like. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Lima, Peru, in a family of former agricultural workers who remembered what it was like to live in thatched-roof

If Netanyahu is ousted in October’s balloting, don’t expect peace to break out, but the worst violence might be reined in.

Every year I choose a university student to accompany me on my win-a-trip journey, which is meant to highlight issues that deserve more attention.

B enjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister Israel has had, as well as its most disastrous for Jews and Palestinians alike.

The Trump administration is squeezing struggling Americans with benefit cuts, but ordinary people are stepping up to help.