Monday, August 18, 2008

Good writing, good reading.

Meet Bill Clinton. Well, sort of.

As they’re climbing their front steps, there’s another shattering blast. The apartment door bangs open, and there stands Dawami’s older boy, Bill Clinton Hadam. In the gathering dark, all over Indian Creek Apartment Homes, panicked faces are appearing in windows and lighted doorways.

Neighbors on their stoops, veterans of such nights, reassure these newcomers in Burmese, Farsi, French, Somali, English: “It’s OK.” Overhead, fireworks rain down blue, gold, green. The war refugees are safe in Georgia now, and it’s the Fourth of July.

From A 9-year-old finds refuge in suburban Atlanta, in The Christian Science Monitor. A story that manages to blend American politics, immigrants and refugees and adjusting to life in America. This publication is underrated and overlooked in newspaper journalism and excellent storytelling. I'd group it with some of the country's best media, especially in terms of international news coverage.

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