At a time when it is so easy to call unwanted facts fake news, it is doubly important to know what is fact and what is not. The administration’s immigration policies–whether building a wall, their stand on sanctuary cities, who can and cannot get a visa, deportations—are all based on the notion—or is it belief—that immigrants bring crimes and that criminals are coming in. (more…)
April 2018
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War and Suffering
The war in Yemen has just entered its fourth year. The war in Syria is 7 years old, the war in Sudan 5, the war in Afghanistan 15. War and suffering go together. For example, in Yemen which has already been called a humanitarian crisis :
- in March 2017 an outbreak of cholera spread to a million people by the end of the year
- an estimate of 2 million children are out of school
- 2 million people, nearly 3 in every 4 people are dependent on humanitarian aid to survive
- besides cholera there has been dengue fever malaria and diphtheria, while the fear and possibility of those diseases returning is real
- the destruction of hospitals and infrastructure make rendering aid more difficult