Celebrities are often used as eye candy for charity campaigns and giant advocacy efforts. Remarks from actress Angelina Jolie are released alongside comments from the UN on the number of Syrian refugees surpassing the 2 million mark this week. Mia Farrow vocally campaigned against China in the run up to…
George Clooney, who has praised the Stop Kony campaign aimed at ridding east-central Africa of warlord Joseph Kony, is trying to make sure our focus on such efforts isn’t too singular. The actor and human rights advocate has long been focused on the ongoing atrocities in Sudan and recently testified…
Newsweek recently published a profile of actor George Clooney’s work in the Sudan, where he and others assisted in providing oversight of the referendum vote for independence in the south. Said Newsweek: Clooney has been leveraging his celebrity to get people to care about something more important than celebrity. South…
The New York Times’ Nick Kristof is taking questions from readers on malaria with actor George Clooney while simultaneously criticizing the media for being too celebrity-focused. Says Kristof: We in the news media aren’t always very good at covering issues of global disease like malaria, which kills about 850,000 people…
Starting next Sunday, citizens living in the southern half of Africa’s biggest country, Sudan, are expected to vote to split into two countries. The BBC gives a good overview of what has prompted and preceded this vote, and what’s at stake. I’m usually not a big fan of celebrities inserting…