Often books inspire readers to go out into the world to explore and conquer. For an eighth-grader in Orchard Park, a book made her want to help others and invite them in. Inspired by Jasmine Warga’s “Other Words from Home,” Delaney Gradwell started a service club at Nativity of Our Lord School that raises money […]
In Afghanistan, “hunger is rising and children are dying,” said David Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program. “We can’t feed people on promises – funding commitments must turn into hard cash, and the international community must come together to address this crisis, which is fast spinning out of control.” Beasley’s quote appeared […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Niagara University has joined the efforts to assist Afghani women fleeing persecution under the Taliban regime by launching an initiative that will provide them sanctuary on the NU campus. This collaborative effort of the university’s Justice House program, its Department of Political Science, and the offices of International Relations and Academic Affairs […]
During the U.S.-led coalition’s 20-year devastating war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, the poverty-stricken people of that nation suffered the brutalities of war that most of us can only barely begin to imagine. And the recent end of that war, has not ended the suffering. According to Brown University’s “Cost of War” project (see: https://bit.ly/3CEW5Pp), […]
Was it good that the United States and its allies fought a 20-year war against the Taliban in Afghanistan? Was all of the blood, sweat and tears worth it? How can any honest, moral, objective view conclude that all of the money wasted, goodwill lost, Americans and allies killed, and countless innocent poor Afghan children, […]