by Fred Guttman | Jul 16, 2019 | Opinion
This is an incredible immigration story. I am told that many Russian Jews have stories like this one. For those of us who were activists in the movement to free Soviet Jews, this shows us that our efforts were not in vain. Here is the story as it was told to me in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 12, 2019 | News
An estimated 1.44 million refugees will need to be resettled in 2020, according to a report published July 1 by the U.N. Refugee Agency. These projections are 1% above those for 2019, with certain regions seeing decreases or stability in resettlement estimates and...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Jul 12, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Feb. 26, 2007. At the time of publication, Rosell was a program associate with the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, Missouri, and associate professor teaching ethics at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 11, 2019 | News
Pope Francis said migrants “are the symbol of all those rejected by today’s globalized society” at the Holy Mass for Migrants on July 8. “They are persons; these are not mere social or migrant issues,” he said. “‘This is not just about migrants,’ in the twofold sense...
by Merianna Harrelson | Jul 2, 2019 | Opinion
The U.S. will celebrate its freedom with barbecues, fireworks and time off work with friends and family this week. As we celebrate, we also will be faced with the stark reality of the reports of hundreds of children who are not free in our country. Children who are...