I’d meant to post this a few days ago. It’s an NPR piece that made waves this summer, by former BSR-er Addie Goss. (Filed from under a table, while stricken with malaria, as I understand it.) It just made NPR’s list of that network’s top 15 pieces of the year.
All Things Considered, July 1, 2007 · Laura Bush has just completed a tour of Africa, stopping at a school in Bamako, Mali. The U.S. Embassy there helped to spruce up the school before her arrival, making it more amenable to a photo-op.