Darfur had its day in the media sun with a Washington rally April 30th. Since then, writes Adam Elkus, it's "fallen victim to America's notoriously short attention span" while conditions have deteriorated. Even the New York Times's Nicholas Kristof, who'd made a crusade of it, has moved on.

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Darfur had its day in the media sun with a Washington rally April 30th. Since then, writes Adam Elkus, it's "fallen victim to America's notoriously short attention span" while conditions have deteriorated. Even the New York Times's Nicholas Kristof, who'd made a crusade of it, has moved on.

Authors Bio:

Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.

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