50 Facts That Should Change the World
- Authors
- Williams, Jessica
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Tags
- politics , current affairs , history
- ISBN
- 9781840468465
- Date
- 2005-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.65 MB
- Lang
- en
News headlines wash over us daily, but beneath these "major events" are the unnoticed daily occurrences that make up everyday experience. For much of the world, that experience is harrowing: A third of the world is at war; 30 million people in Africa are HIV positive; and more than 150 countries use torture on their own citizens. In *50 Facts That Should Change the World,* journalist Jessica Williams explores the realities behind the neutral words of bureaucratic documents. A paperback original.