Desmond Tutu on ubuntu: It is the essence of being human. It speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up in and inextricably bound up in yours. I am human because I belong. It speaks about wholeness; it speaks about compassion. A person with ubuntu is welcoming, hospitable, warm and generous, willing to …
Week Seven One of the things I’ve begun to do through this internship is to make connections with like-minded people, not only through events—such as the anti-trafficking training or a charity fundraiser for a social justice non-profit—but through the phenomenon of social media, something which even ten years ago would not have been possible. Finding …
NBC journalist Richard Engel put together a video journal of his time in Iraq; it’s a couple years old, but still good. You can watch it here. H/T to Amanda.
This weekend, Barack wrote an op-ed in the New York Times entitled "Why We Need Health Care Reform." Here are a few choice snippets: Our reform will prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage because of your medical history. Nor will they be allowed to drop your coverage if you get sick. They will not be …
This is excerpted from Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter’s book, The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today. The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), based in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, works with survivors of sexual slavery. In their training sessions and public seminars, they present the story of a young girl …