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Join us for the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Book Club Conversation at 2 pm EDT/11 am PT on January 28. We host these virtual gatherings as features of our reading list to engage our members, amplify social justice activists, authors, and journalists, and provide a deep dive into our work.
Reporting from Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo, while traveling far afield to India, Africa, and Europe, Nick Kristof witnessed and wrote about century-defining events: the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, the Yemeni civil war, the Darfur genocide in Sudan, and the wave of addiction and despair that swept through his hometown and a broad swath of working-class America. Fully aware that coverage of atrocities generates considerably fewer page views than the coverage of politics, he nevertheless continued to weaponize his pen against regimes and groups violating basic human rights, raising the cost of oppression and torture. Register here.
Meet the Author: Nick Kristof, Journalist and Author
Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times since 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week. After joining The New York Times in 1984, initially covering economics, he served as a Times correspondent in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. He also covered presidential politics and later was Associate Managing Editor of The Times, responsible for Sunday editions. Kristof was the first blogger on The New York Times website and the first to contribute a video to The Times site. A documentary about him, “Reporter,” executive produced by Ben Affleck, aired on HBO. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn are authors of five best-selling books: “China Wakes,” “Thunder from the East,” “Half the Sky,” “A Path Appears” and “Tightrope.” His memoir, “Chasing Hope,” was published in 2024. Kristof has been a member of the boards of Harvard University and The American Association of Rhodes Scholars. He and WuDunn are the parents of Gregory, Geoffrey and Caroline. Kristof enjoys running, backpacking, and having his Chinese and Japanese corrected by his children.