I didn’t realize this. I will verify this with some other sources. If true it’s going to change a few things in my life.

In a recent New York Times article, Op-EdcolumnistNicholas D. Kristof questions our need for new technology, at the expense of the apparent bloodshed going on in Congo. According to Kristof, most of our tech toys (from computers to smartphones) contain certain “conflict minerals” that have been igniting slaughter and rapings in Congo: I’ve never reported on a war more barbaric than Congo’s, and it haunts me. In Congo, I’ve seen women who have b … Read More

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