In Different Ways, We All Long for Freedom

What links: famine in Somalia, youth unemployment, and slavery in the British town of Leighton Buzzard? No, this is not part of the Round Britain Quiz. These are three issues that have been featured in the news recently. Indeed, they have no causal link that I know...

Africa’s Hunger Crisis Reveals U.S. Leadership Crisis

Dying children in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti – have had to compete with a lot in America. The death toll for Somali children under age 5 exceeds 29,000 – over the last three months – reported CBS News. Some 1,500 Somalis arrive...

How Will We Respond to Africa’s Starving Families?

I’m still a sucker for scenes from Africa amid a drought and famine. It’s what hooked me 35 years ago when a student in a required sociology class presented a report on world hunger. She was merely going through the motions to get a grade, but amazingly,...

Russians Pray for Rain as Churches Collect Aid

MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) The Russian Orthodox Church is praying for relief from the heat and drought that has gripped Russia for two months, as one archbishop condemned some retailers for profiteering from the extreme weather conditions. That air conditioners sell for...