Syria Has Been Forgotten

Syria is once again in the news for horrific casualties but many in the West seem to have not notice.  Is it because the news cycles seem to be on repeat?  Girls have once again been kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Gun rights and violence are the top talking points on every news media…

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What have we learned from Elie Wiesel?

What have we learned from Elie Wiesel?  If history is doomed to repeat itself, then why do so many people believe that the Holocaust can never happen again?  Why are people so quick to forget Bosnia, link Cambodia to Viet Nam, think Rwanda happened because of misunderstanding?  Why are more people not outraged at the…

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Two years of perseverance, and still going

Quietness and calm are still dominant in Mosul. I will not write about fear tonight. I will write about my dreams that might not happen, may be not in my life time, because they remain dreams and … Source: Two years of perseverance, and still going

Human Trafficking

The book should be required reading for any American interested in legal/illegal immigration.  The truth of what is happening every minute of every day should bring everyone to pause.  Nothing is as it seems here or abroad. The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Óscar Martínez

New York Times Books for August

BOOK REVIEW | EDITORS’ CHOICE Nine Great New Books for August AUG. 19, 2016 August is generally considered off-season among book people. The big summer blockbusters have already come out. Publishing people are out of the office. Everyone’s biding his or her time for the big books of fall. Not this year. August has been…

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

This book is a must read for everyone.  I hope that all of my students this semester will read it (it may be required!).           I did not tell you that it would be okay, because I have never believed it would be okay, – Coates  p.11 Keep the dialogue open,…

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