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Dying to Get From Africa to Europe
The immigration crisis unfolding in the Mediterranean is hard to watch. It brings to mind mass migrations by sea of Haitians and Cubans in this hemisphere in the 1980s and 90s. But with an estimated...
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Aylan, When Did We See You?
I awoke this morning from what I thought was a dream, or nightmare. I had dreamt I was profoundly sad and on the verge of tears. I saw in my mind’s eye the photo of a little boy who was a refugee. He...
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In a helpful analysis of the uses of social media by the water protectors at Standing Rock, Ginny Underwood points out how social media were used to tell the story of the people protesting the Dakota...
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Impending Famine
Examination by a community health worker in a Somali clinic. I just finished watching We Who Remain, a new virtual reality film from the New York Times about survivors of the Sudan civil war. They are...
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Jesus Christ Superstar, Where to From Here?
Watching Jesus Christ Superstar last night brought memories of the introduction of this musical in 1970. It was part of a much larger cultural turning point. Preceded by the musical “Hair,” which...
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The End of Diplomacy
Several years ago I produced a film in Ethiopia about the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Research took me across the country and I was privileged to see the breadth of this ancient, colorful culture and...
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Bonds of Mutual Affection
Institutions that worked in the 20th century and earlier are faltering and in some instances failing to fulfill the functions for which they were created. Banks and financial institutions crashed the...
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A Year’s Worth of Reading
I was bemused recently by an article that said reading is being rediscovered. Reading has been a doorway into new ideas and other worlds for me since I was a child. Like other readers, I read for...
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Who Loses When Institutions Fail?
On the first business day of the new year, I received an automated telephone message telling me that a preauthorization for medical care had been denied and I would receive paperwork later to explain....
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A Year of Reading
Reading 2019 In reflecting on my reading this year I was surprised to see how many theology and contemplative titles I read. This reflects my concern, like many others, about the state of religion, in...
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