American Diplomat

Cormier, raised in part by her civil rights activist grandfather, identifies as African American, or, black.  So why does everyone in Pretoria tell her she's not black at all, but instead, "colored"?  And how does she persuade our government to stop considering Nelson Mandela a terrorist?  Also hear how she comes to dance to Pata Pata during Barack Obama's state visit.

Secrecy, executions, and human shields in Sri Lanka.  Our diplomats make a difference in thousands of people's lives.  

Who are the Tamil Tigers?  Hint: This is no baseball team and they aren't playing ball.

Crisis averted:  Where there might have been massive flight, and/or a narco state, Colombia instead enjoys stability and prosperity amid a new peace agreement.

Cocaleros, paramilitaries, a dirty war and a failing state in Colombia.

She wasn't Wendy Sherman or a woman or a Jewish American. She was the United States of America.

An unwavering belief in public service propels Wendy Sherman from local activist to international negotiator.  

Putting pedophiles in prison with the help of one of the world's most loathed autocrats.

Zimbabwe's elected authoritarian, Robert Mugabe, seen from a human perspective.

Charles English, 26 and new to the Foreign Service, is among the first American officials on the scene of the Jonestown massacre in 1978.