<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"></div><div><div><table width="100%" align="left" border="0" style="margin:0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-4855139347681192035EMAIL_CONTAINER" align="left" width="100%"><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="width:100%"><td style="padding:15px 0 5px;border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;text-align:center;width:100%"><a href="#m_-4855139347681192035_a11y-skip-ad-marquee" style="display:block;width:1px;height:1px;max-height:1px;overflow:hidden;color:transparent">ading the main story</a></td></tr><tr style="width:100%" id="m_-4855139347681192035_a11y-skip-ad-marquee"><td class="m_-4855139347681192035css-kd0pk" style="border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;padding:25px 0 20px;width:100%;text-align:center" width="100%" align="center"><div class="m_-4855139347681192035css-1nu1ipb" style="margin-bottom:15px"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/PCEUBxXEVB72lDiPIxEjCA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP0TIaHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS9jb2x1bW4vbmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIxMDYwNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zMjM4NiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NzA2NDA1OTMmc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MDAxNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MjRlNjkxYzY1ZDUwY2Q0MTU5ZjA2MGIwNjNmZWNmYTBXA255dEIKYLhlzbtg__Ao71ISbmdpZXIwMDZAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" alt="NYTimes.com/Kristof" target="_blank"><img src="https://static01.nytimes.com/email-images/New_Headers/NYT-Headers-OP-NicholasKristof%402x.png" alt="NYTimes.com/Kristof" style="width:300px" width="300"></a></div><p style="width:100%;margin-bottom:0;font:12px/12px georgia,serif">June 5, 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td height="20" width="100%" style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/lFbfff0JJsmyX53LYlf4sQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNi8wNS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jaGlsZC1jYXJlLXByZS1LLXJlcHVibGljYW5zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTA2MDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzIzODYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTcwNjQwNTkzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjAwMTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTI0ZTY5MWM2NWQ1MGNkNDE1OWYwNjBiMDYzZmVjZmEwVwNueXRCCmC4Zc27YP_wKO9SEm5naWVyMDA2QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing:0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#333;padding:0;background:#fff"><tbody><tr><td style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1" width="100%"><img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/06/05/opinion/sunday/05kristof-lead-new/05kristof-lead-new-articleLarge.jpg" class="m_-4855139347681192035css-zh06no" style="display:block;width:100%;height:auto;padding-top:10px"></td></tr><tr><td class="m_-4855139347681192035css-1am1dwg" style="text-align:right;width:100%;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:10px;line-height:14px" width="100%" align="right"><span><span class="m_-4855139347681192035css-atnqj9" style="margin:0;font:normal 14px georgia,serif;color:#666"></span><span class="m_-4855139347681192035css-eu0g1z" style="margin:0;font:normal 11px georgia,serif;padding-left:0;color:#888;letter-spacing:.01em">Brian Shumway/Redux</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 9px 15px 0;vertical-align:middle;width:45px" width="45" valign="middle"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/ZUWXVQHzPFr9USoOJio-sg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTA2MDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzIzODYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTcwNjQwNTkzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjAwMTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTI0ZTY5MWM2NWQ1MGNkNDE1OWYwNjBiMDYzZmVjZmEwVwNueXRCCmC4Zc27YP_wKO9SEm5naWVyMDA2QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" target="_blank"><img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/04/03/opinion/nicholas-kristof/nicholas-kristof-blogSmallThumb-v2.png" alt="Author Headshot" style="width:45px;height:45px;border-radius:100%" width="45" height="45"></a></td><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><p style="font:13px/18px arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2px;color:#000;margin-bottom:0;font:600 13px/18px arial,sans-serif">By <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/ZUWXVQHzPFr9USoOJio-sg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMTA2MDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzIzODYmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTcwNjQwNTkzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjAwMTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTI0ZTY5MWM2NWQ1MGNkNDE1OWYwNjBiMDYzZmVjZmEwVwNueXRCCmC4Zc27YP_wKO9SEm5naWVyMDA2QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-4855139347681192035css-1ckldco" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc" target="_blank">Nicholas Kristof</a></p><p style="f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 cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">Connecticut Leads the Way on Prison Reform</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">One of the most counter-productive policies in American prisons has been the practice of gouging inmates when they telephone families. Sometimes inmates are charged $10 per minute for phone calls, and prisons are often located in remote parts of a state (for economic development reasons), making in-person family visits difficult.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">So bravo to Connecticut! The legislature there has passed a measure that would make it the first state in the country to make phone calls from prison free. This will help inmates remain closer to families, but above all it may benefit prisoners’ children who feel stigmatized, rejected and isolated when a parent is incarcerated. Here again, we should be supporting families, not tearing them apart.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">Forty Years of AIDS</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">In June 1981 I was a summer intern on the national desk of The Washington Post, and the science writer, Phil Hilts, told me about a new federal report of a strange and lethal disease striking gay men. It was of course the first report of AIDS, which I’ve covered regularly over the decades around the world.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0"><a href="#m_-4855139347681192035_a11y-skip-1" style="display:block;width:1px;height:1px;max-height:1px;overflow:hidden;color:transparent">Continue reading the main story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td height="10px" width="100%" style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:15px 0;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc;border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;text-align:center;background-color:#fff"><h3 color="#666666" class="m_-4855139347681192035css-1q4lnbl" style="font:10px/13px arial,sans-serif;color:#666;letter-spacing:.7px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:0;text-align:center">ADVERTISEMENT</h3><span style="width:100%;text-align:center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/x9nouqbnvTowqPcHOwNGJA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09MjRlNjkxYzY1ZDUwY2Q0MTU5ZjA2MGIwNjNmZWNmYTAmcD1OS18yMDIxMDYwNVcDbnl0QgpguGXNu2D_8CjvUhJuZ2llcjAwNkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://liveintent.newyorktimesinfo.com/imp?s=128808&li=NK&m=24e691c65d50cd4159f060b063fecfa0&p=NK_20210605" border="0" width="600" style="width:100%;max-width:600px!important"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr><tr><td height="20px" width="100%" style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="m_-4855139347681192035_a11y-skip-1" style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">One overarching recollection is how cruel so many people who prided themselves on their “values” were as long as AIDS was perceived as a problem striking gay men. “AIDS is the wrath of God upon homosexuals,” Jerry Falwell said. Rush Limbaugh mockingly read aloud the names of gay men who died of AIDS and once said, “Gays deserved their fate.”</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">A second recollection is how little interest there was in helping people abroad, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, tackle AIDS. George W. Bush — paradoxically, pushed by evangelicals — reversed that with his Pepfar program, saving millions of lives. It was the best thing he did, and one of the best things America has done in my lifetime.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">Biden Talks About Cracking Down on Global Corruption</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">The White House has announced <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/iu9E14VIQLK-BolMfeaWMg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP4ROAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LndoaXRlaG91c2UuZ292L2JyaWVmaW5nLXJvb20vcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLWFjdGlvbnMvMjAyMS8wNi8wMy9tZW1vcmFuZHVtLW9uLWVzdGFibGlzaGluZy10aGUtZmlnaHQtYWdhaW5zdC1jb3JydXB0aW9uLWFzLWEtY29yZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLW5hdGlvbmFsLXNlY3VyaXR5LWludGVyZXN0Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIxMDYwNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zMjM4NiZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NzA2NDA1OTMmc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MDAxNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9MjRlNjkxYzY1ZDUwY2Q0MTU5ZjA2MGIwNjNmZWNmYTBXA255dEIKYLhlzbtg__Ao71ISbmdpZXIwMDZAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-4855139347681192035css-5nb5nb" style="color:#286ed0;text-decoration:underline;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">a vague new plan</a> to crack down on global corruption, and I wish it well. It is horrifying to go to countries like Angola and see elites stealing oil wealth as children starve. But let’s also acknowledge that the U.S. has been part of the problem.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0"><a href="#m_-4855139347681192035_a11y-skip-2" style="display:block;width:1px;height:1px;max-height:1px;overflow:hidden;color:transparent">Continue reading the main story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td height="10px" width="100%" style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:15px 0;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc;border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;text-align:center;background-color:#fff"><h3 color="#666666" class="m_-4855139347681192035css-1q4lnbl" style="font:10px/13px arial,sans-serif;color:#666;letter-spacing:.7px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:0;text-align:center">ADVERTISEMENT</h3><span style="width:100%;text-align:center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/CMJ72-cA49oPy_Qj_KFNcw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRinlJlP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk1JmxpPU5LJm09MjRlNjkxYzY1ZDUwY2Q0MTU5ZjA2MGIwNjNmZWNmYTAmcD1OS18yMDIxMDYwNVcDbnl0QgpguGXNu2D_8CjvUhJuZ2llcjAwNkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://liveintent.newyorktimesinfo.com/imp?s=728695&li=NK&m=24e691c65d50cd4159f060b063fecfa0&p=NK_20210605" border="0" width="600" style="width:100%;max-width:600px!important"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr><tr><td height="20px" width="100%" style="font-size:0;line-height:0"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="m_-4855139347681192035_a11y-skip-2" style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">American companies have resisted transparency in contracts and in international efforts like the International Aid Transparency Initiative. Foreign potentates routinely invest ill-gotten dollars in American properties, hiding behind shell companies and trusts. So I hope Biden goes beyond lip service, requires transparency and seizes some of this wealth so that it can be returned to the people who need it.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">Check Out the Research on Investing in Chil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“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. 
Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance 
from another. This immaturity is self- imposed when its cause lies not 
in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it 
without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! ‘Have courage to use your 
own understand-ing!—that is the motto of enlightenment.<br>
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--Immanuel Kant<br>
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