Ozoria Acosta Replaces #Anti-LGBT Cardinal in the Dominican Republic
By Courtney Thomas On July 4, 2016 Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Francisco Ozoria Acosta as Archbishop of Santo Domingo in[…]
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U.K. Chilcot Report Points to Persistent Weakness in U.S. Foreign Policy
By Neil Hicks The Chilcot Report on the U.K’s involvement in the war in Iraq, released last week in London,[…]
Read moreJVTA One Year After Enactment – #HumanTrafficking
By Rachel Buchan On June 28th the Senate judiciary committee convened a hearing to evaluate the Justice Department’s (DOJ) efficacy[…]
Read moreMeet the #Olympic Refugee Team: Part 3
By Elise Adams Ten athletes from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo will go to Rio[…]
Read moreFairphone Offers a Model of Ethical Transparency in Business – #Smartphones
By Lewis Golove How are our smartphones made? Underneath the sleek design are dozens of minerals processed in hundreds of[…]
Read moreObama Administration Resettles 2,406 #Syrian Refugees in June, Halfway to Yearly Goal
The State Department released official resettlement data for June, indicating that 2,406 Syrian refugees arrived last month, and bringing the fiscal[…]
Read moreElie Wiesel’s Legacy Inspires New Generation to Counter Injustice
By Zahava Moerdler I will never forget the first time I read Night. I was in 8th grade and my[…]
Read moreHouse Should Reject Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill that Diminishes #Refugee Protection
Human Rights First today urges members of the House of Representatives to reject the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs[…]
Read more#Antisemitism Causes Rifts in Germany’s Far Right
By Zahava Moerdler On July 5, 13 of the 23 members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group[…]
Read moreMilitary Chiefs and National Security Experts Agree: America Must Lead in the #Refugee Crisis
By Joe Jenkins In a recent Miami Herald op-ed, two of the country’s most experienced and respected national security leaders[…]
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