Images of drowned babies washing ashore in Libya have circulated widely.
Politics & Society
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BBC program highlights faith and humanity of Europe’s refugees
What we are seeing is a humanitarian disaster on a much larger scale than previously thought.
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The woman who couldn’t shake off 9/11’s dust
Not many people would have known who she was, but if you remember a particularly searing image from the tragic time of September 11, 2001, you would.
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Left turn ahead? Labour picks a new leader
The biggest talking point thus far is the remarkable popularity of Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran of the party’s left.
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The fate of Yonkers’ mayor and a federal housing plan: ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 3 and 4
David Simon and his team revel in the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.
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The Colombia peace process could use some help from Pope Francis
A meeting in Cuba with FARC offers some risks for Pope Francis, but his intervention—and blessing on the outcome of the peace process in Colombia—could be just the push negotiators need to finish the job and bring in an end to a conflict that has smoldered since 1964.
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For every angry Tweet, why not put a buck in the #TwitterSwearJar?
There is a tendency to believe that issuing a 140 character response to a matter of urgency actually constitutes making a difference.
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A Human Rights Watch report finds systemic breakdowns in South Africa for children with disabilities
South Africa ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007.
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A Francis Effect? Islamic Leaders Issue Statement on Climate Change
There was more evidence of a Francis Effect on religious leadership today with the release of a declaration on climate change meant “to engage the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on the issue of our time.”
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Yonkers and the ugly politics of ‘not in my backyard’: A recap of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 1 and 2
At the heart of the class combat in “Show Me a Hero” is fear, a fear that is made worse by the fact the black, brown and white residents of Yonkers know very little about one another.