Kristof speaking during a Foreign Affairs symposium at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 2010. Image: Courtesy Alamy/JHU Sheridan Libraries/GadoThe Oregon governor’s race just got more interesting with the official announcement today that longtime New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff is running for the job. Last year Kristof, released a new book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, set largely around his home county and tracing the ripple effects of generational poverty. The 2022 race will have no incumbent, as Kate Brown cannot run for another consecutive term. This is someone who is part of the community and cares deeply about it and is trying to air problems with the hope that they will be addressed."

Source: New York Times October 28, 2021 00:57 UTC