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The first half of 2017 has tossed the world order into a new set of vulnerabilities not previously experienced. We have been previously threatened by high risks of
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This article traces the history of the concept of suffering in order to understand how beliefs about suffering and the pain of suffering affected society and shaped the
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South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011, but within the year, armed conflict began between warring clans and ethnic groups, who are affiliated with different presidential candidates.
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From the time of his election in 2013, Pope Francis stood out as a spiritual leader who put service to the poor and eradication of injustice at the
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The United Nations High Commission Refugees (UNHCR), in partnership with Google launched a website called Searching for Syria. (www.searchingforsyria.org) Its purpose is to educate people about Syria using
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“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” or so maintains the poet e.e. Cummings (Collected Poems, 1926, p. iii). Sufferers worldwide can be understood to
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The Pew Research Survey of American adults in June 2017 discovered a disturbing trend: most (58%) of the Republicans gave a negative view of higher education (“colleges and
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The parable of the Good Samaritan as told by Jesus Christ in the New Testament (Luke 10:25-37) has become a litmus test of sorts for humanitarianism. The Good
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At the end of 2016, the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) reported 65.3 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, a third of which qualified as refugees, over half of whom
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For anyone that would like some background reading on the concept and current knowledge about world suffering overall, this technical research report may be useful. To read report,
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