by Sophie Nasrallah | Jun 19, 2020 | Opinion
With over 1,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 31 deaths, the disease appears to be under control in Lebanon. Part of it can be attributed to the early closure of schools and restaurants as well as the airport and other ports of entry. But in a country already going...
by Imad Enchassi | Jun 18, 2020 | Opinion
I grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, called Sabra and Shatila. My father had fled there at the tender age of 12 when Israel declared independence. Growing up, my father told many stories about his life in Jaffa. He used to show me the deeds to my...
by Marv Knox | Jun 17, 2020 | Opinion
On the U.S.-Mexico border, pain eclipses politics. Refugees’ tears paint portraits of pure pain. A pre-pandemic visit to immigrant shelters puts flesh and blood on agony and flickers of hope embodied in immigrants crowded across northern Mexico, seeking U.S. asylum....
by Molly T. Marshall | Jun 16, 2020 | Opinion
People are on the move all over the world, and it is rarely for a good reason. Usually, it has to do with some combination of the following: political insurgence, famine, outbreaks of disease, economic depletion and ethnic unrest. Recent studies estimate more than 70...
by Nell Green | Jun 15, 2020 | Opinion
The protests resulting from George Floyd’s asphyxiation by a white police officer arose just as COVID-19 measures were being loosened somewhat in Texas. So, my husband and I decided we would be as careful as possible and go to the protest here in Houston. I had...
