Tag Archives: cruelty

Tearing apart or holding together?

Yesterday, whilst Pope Francis lay in state and his mourners continued their grieving, the media showed clips of his past expressions of love of humanity. This man, who promoted that we each care for one another, died on Easter Monday, … Continue reading

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The Right to Peaceful Protest: against those who abuse human rights

I am reproducing this piece by Robert Reich. I fear what happened in Nazi Germany and more recently in the Arab Spring may be about to happen in the United States. Who would ever have thought this could become a … Continue reading

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Ultimate Sin

So now I’m reading ‘Burn Book’, by Kara Fisher. As I was passionate about computers in education back in 1981, this book has great resonance for me. Kara Fisher began as a journalist, intrigued by the young start-ups in Silicon … Continue reading

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Fight the cause of the refugee crisis

Use satellite imagery and track the problems and build solutions: https://www.planet.com/

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Covid 19 immigrants detained and placed in medical isolation

Reproduced from https://www.icij.org/investigations/solitary-voices/they-were-punishing-me-for-getting-sick/?utm_source=ICIJ&utm_campaign=1f8a56091a-0825_WeeklyEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_992ecfdbb2-1f8a56091a-82075869 “‘They were punishing me for getting sick’ Immigrant detention centers in the United States are locking detainees with COVID-19 in solitary confinement cells for days or weeks at a time, with little opportunity for medical treatment, according … Continue reading

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