Why Do We Give?
No matter how questionable the cause, people continue to invest in others, perhaps because to invest in a cause -- no matter how small -- is to invest in humanity.
No matter how questionable the cause, people continue to invest in others, perhaps because to invest in a cause -- no matter how small -- is to invest in humanity.
Fatima Muneer | Posted 05.10.2012
Prominent Ugandan journalists and activists were vehemently critical of the video's factual flaws and oversimplification.
Brigitte Hamadey | Posted 05.07.2012
One of the ICC's major realities is that it relies entirely on states to arrest and surrender accused to the Court. In this respect, state cooperation gives teeth to the ICC's bark.
Bruce Wilson | Posted 04.25.2012
The apparent disconnect between Invisible Children's White House-enabled public relations push and on-the-ground sentiment of Ugandans whose needs IC purports to champion can be in part explained by a little-known fact -- Invisible Children is a ministry, tied closely to the evangelical right.
Posted 04.21.2012
To "recapture" their story from the Kony2012 movement, a group of Ugandan activists have launched a new online storytelling project. Incensed by t...
Posted 04.20.2012
The "Kony 2012" campaign is urging followers to shift their advocacy efforts from their social networks to real life. Invisible Children, the creat...
Louis Belanger | Posted 04.20.2012
Preventing violence against the local population means a commitment to army reform, more accountability toward affected communities and development of isolated areas.
Victor Udoewa | Posted 04.18.2012
Invisible Children's faith, infused with prophetic imagination, not only causes the organization to live towards a different story, but has clearly invited others to join in living just such a better story.
Victor Udoewa | Posted 04.16.2012
We sometimes forget that we can support a person or a group and synchronously criticize certain actions, thoughts, or words. I support Invisible Children and simultaneously feel free to criticize certain tactics, campaigns, or actions.
Turnstyle | Posted 04.13.2012
Social media is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for social justice advocates through its capability to help shape the national discourse surrounding issues, as two recent examples from two very different spheres of the web prove.
Wayne Besen | Posted 04.13.2012
To restore its waning credibility, Invisible Children should immediately cut ties with the dictator and the corrupted Fellowship. As long as Invisible Children is linked to human rights violators, its claims to be humanitarian will be suspect.
Posted 04.12.2012
By now, most viewers subscribe to two schools of thought surrounding Invisible Children's "Kony 2012": It failed by a longshot in its oversimplificati...
Tom Murphy | Posted 04.11.2012
Last year a quickly hatched idea between Saundra, Teddy and I led to "A Day Without Dignity." It served as a sort of counter campaign to TOMS "One Da...
Bruce Wilson | Posted 04.10.2012
Mounting suspicions about the evangelical nature of the Invisible Children nonprofit, which released the blockbuster KONY 2012 viral video hit in early March, have now been confirmed.
Samantha Tritsch | Posted 04.13.2012
Will Joseph Kony ever be transformed from a household name into a convicted mass-murderer, or will the quest to stop the innocent killing in Uganda die out as a mere fad, a PR ploy gone terribly wrong?
Posted 04.09.2012
The Lord's Resistance Army has issued what appears to be its first response to the "Kony 2012" movement -- a 19-page statement in which it calls Invis...
Bruce Wilson | Posted 04.06.2012
While most mainstream media continues to uncritically report on the Invisible Children effort, there is a growing body of reporting tying the KONY 2012 authors to the politicized Christian right.
John Travis | Posted 04.06.2012
"Kony 2012" and why people can only help if they know what is going onBy now you have all most likely seen the "Kony 2012" video and I'm guessing you ...
Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 04.05.2012
It will take more than armchair activism, eating a piece of matzah or simply retelling a story. As we enjoy the bread of freedom, we need to realize in school hallways, on streets and in jungles the world over many are forced to eat the bread of affliction, if they eat at all.
Margy Burns Knight | Posted 04.05.2012
Over dinner recently, I learned of my niece's concern about her high school administrators removing the Kony 2012 posters that had been plastered all ...
Anne Goddard | Posted 04.04.2012
I believe that the success of the Kony video stems from its ability to simply and unambiguously articulate both the problem and an actionable solution. Kony is personified as the lone enemy that must be stopped in order to put an end to childhood conscriptions in Uganda.
Posted 04.13.2012
Invisible Children, the advocacy organization behind "Kony 2012," has announced "Kony 2012 Part II," a sequel to the record-breaking 30-minute video t...
Jonathan Kalan | Posted 04.02.2012
Life for the "pampered" generation may finally be getting tougher. We are becoming more critical, analytical, rational and judgmental. We are, *GASP!*, growing up and maturing. And so are our idealistic tendencies.
Winnie Kao | Posted 05.30.2012
The reason that this video went viral is because so much strategy and funding went into making sure that it triggered certain reactions for the audience.
Chris Holden | Posted 05.29.2012
After gaining 50 million You Tube views in just 3 days, Kony 2012 became the most viral political cause of all time. In this infographic timeline, Recorded Future shows how this came to be.
Meghan McCullough | Posted 05.24.2012