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A Sign of Hope
We’re used to think of human trafficking in relation to sex, but a new report from World Vision issues an alert on labor trafficking. People particularly in East Asia are being sold into slavery in several industries, but most commonly the fishing, food processing and domestic work ones. The report estimates that in the region…
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One of Life’s Injustice
When Rainer Hoess was 12 years old he discovered that his grandfather as the commandant of Auschwitz was a mass murderer. The gardener of his boarding school, an Auschwitz survivor, beat him “black and blue” when he found out his identity. Leaving aside the reaction of the gardener, how would we react where we to…
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On Being Mean
Steven Martinez was convicted of raping, beating and kidnapping a woman. As a repeat violent offender he was sentenced to 150 years. Three years into his sentence he was stabbed by a fellow inmate and left a quadriplegic. His medical bills cost the state of California a minimum of $600,000 a year. Recently, at a…
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