Featured
Historical Views of Suffering and Societal Betterment
This article traces the history of the concept of suffering in order to understand how beliefs about suffering and the … Read More
South Sudan and the Ethics of Aid for Poverty & Suffering
South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011, but within the year, armed conflict began between warring clans and ethnic … Read More
A New Framework for Suffering-Alleviation
Society’s institutions to address major world suffering can be divided into four social sectors: humanitarian, social policy, informal … Read More
Syria – War, Refugees, & Human Rights in 2017
The United Nations High Commission Refugees (UNHCR), in partnership with Google launched a website called Searching for Syria. (www.searchingforsyria.org) … Read More
Holocaust “Stealth Altruism”: Victims as Upstanders
“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” or so maintains the poet e.e. Cummings (Collected Poems, 1926, … Read More
The Future of Humanitarianism
The parable of the Good Samaritan as told by Jesus Christ in the New Testament (Luke 10:25-37) has become a … Read More
Deaths from Despair in Lower-Middle, White America
This little essay in 1,000 words explains why one American demographic wallows in such deep despair that its life expectancy … Read More
U.S. Leaders Reflect a Nation Uncaring about its Neighbors
This 2,000-word essay glances at contemporary American politics and concludes that both the White House and to a large … Read More
Politics Paves Path to Bullying World
Bullying in general means intimidating or overpowering someone weaker. Racial bullying refers to bullying based on race or country-based discrimination, … Read More
Neglect of Truth and Human Suffering
Several Western nations, including the United States and Britain, face disruptive political change due to strong nationalism. The main alternative … Read More
Historical Views of Suffering and Societal Betterment
This article traces the history of the concept of suffering in order to understand how beliefs about suffering and the … Read More
South Sudan and the Ethics of Aid for Poverty & Suffering
South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011, but within the year, armed conflict began between warring clans and ethnic … Read More
A New Framework for Suffering-Alleviation
Society’s institutions to address major world suffering can be divided into four social sectors: humanitarian, social policy, informal … Read More
Syria – War, Refugees, & Human Rights in 2017
The United Nations High Commission Refugees (UNHCR), in partnership with Google launched a website called Searching for Syria. (www.searchingforsyria.org) … Read More
Holocaust “Stealth Altruism”: Victims as Upstanders
“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” or so maintains the poet e.e. Cummings (Collected Poems, 1926, … Read More
The Future of Humanitarianism
The parable of the Good Samaritan as told by Jesus Christ in the New Testament (Luke 10:25-37) has become a … Read More
Deaths from Despair in Lower-Middle, White America
This little essay in 1,000 words explains why one American demographic wallows in such deep despair that its life expectancy … Read More
U.S. Leaders Reflect a Nation Uncaring about its Neighbors
This 2,000-word essay glances at contemporary American politics and concludes that both the White House and to a large … Read More
Politics Paves Path to Bullying World
Bullying in general means intimidating or overpowering someone weaker. Racial bullying refers to bullying based on race or country-based discrimination, … Read More
Neglect of Truth and Human Suffering
Several Western nations, including the United States and Britain, face disruptive political change due to strong nationalism. The main alternative … Read More