How should negotiations be perceived within American political discourse? 

How much is one human life worth?

  A Syrian family now living in a Lebanese refugee camp. 

Only when all instruments of American policy speak with one voice will the U.S. be able to help steer NATO policy towards a safer future on NATO’s eastern flank.

How justice is successfully implemented within the international arena remains to be seen.    

This calls for reflection upon our own culture and its history with a critical eye.

Anyone interested in principled pluralism is currently faced with a rhetorical problem.

For the past two years I lived in the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, in a poor and marginalized village on the city’s outskirts

We can, and we must, preserve the nature of the public square, where we recognize and participate in the protection of all kinds of speech - even speech that carries risk.

I was privileged to hear Paul Rusesabagina, the former General Manager at the Diplomat Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, speak recently about his experiences in the midst of atrocious human rights abuses.  

Corruption is a very real problem that hinders the potential of social programs and civil society groups in every country. 

It’s pretty clear that following Christ is serious business. It was serious for the disciples, and it’s serious for the AJS staff I met that morning in Rivera Hernandez.

In the Syrian crisis, the local church can be a place of refuge and compassion.

If we are to rethink our strategy to poverty alleviation, programs that create ownership for participants should be top priority.

Regardless of how we see the rights of vulnerable children...their future rests in the hands of individuals who are willing to advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves. 

Myanmar is a country whose identity is very much wrapped up in its religious beliefs and histories; and herein lays the issue: lack of respect for the ‘’other.’’