Excellent interview.

• Author: Clark, Ron (American teacher)
• Position: Letter to the Editor

I would like to thank Managing Editor Amitabh Pal for the interview with recent Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai of Kenya (May issue).

Her straightforward statement, "Nobody would have bothered me if all I did was to encourage women to plant trees," demonstrates there is still hope for apposite environmental and sociopolitical change in Africa.

With the notable exception of the British Broadcasting Corporation, few mass media outlets in the United States have given her the exposure she truly deserves.

To The Progressive: good show!

Ronald Clark

Hamtramck, Michigan

Thank you for Amitabh Pal's excellent Wangari Maathai interview. Maathai continues to challenge herself, her country, and the world to be environmentalists and peacemakers. Through her encouragement, wisdom, steadfastness, and...