The uneasy relationship between the American tire company Firestone and former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor is the subject of a new documentary film, "Firestone and the Warlord."
It's hard to learn to read when your country has been torn apart by war and disease. It's even harder when children's books come from far away. But Wayétu Moore, whose family fled Liberia's civil war when she was five, is setting out to change the odds for kids in Liberia and other countries with low literacy.
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Global Politics
A new investigation into Firestone's rubber plantation sheds light on Liberia's civil war
The World
November 18, 2014
The uneasy relationship between the American tire company Firestone and former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor is the subject of a new documentary film, "Firestone and the Warlord."
Books
Once a refugee, she's opened one of Liberia's few bookstores, where children can read about themselves
The World
January 30, 2016
Updated
It's hard to learn to read when your country has been torn apart by war and disease. It's even harder when children's books come from far away. But Wayétu Moore, whose family fled Liberia's civil war when she was five, is setting out to change the odds for kids in Liberia and other countries with low literacy.