When robbers broke into her house and threatened her, Maria felt sorry for them. She knew they were frantically searching for food and money. She understood because she was starving, too. Maria lives in Venezuela, home to the largest refugee crisis in the Western...
It was late at night, but Hellen was still awake. A deep, grumbling sound was the only noise in the room she shared with her mother and sisters. But it wasn’t thunder. It was Hellen’s stomach. She had gone to bed hungry again, and her stomach was begging for food....
When you were a child, did you ever play the game where you try to guess what is missing from a picture? Maybe you called it “Spot the difference.” In this game, there are two pictures: one normal picture, and a second picture that looks similar but is missing several...
Syria is still reeling from the chemical attack on Douma that killed around 75 people. April 7 was every Syrian’s worst nightmare — choking, gasping, fleeing for safety. And how did we respond as a nation? We debated. The Syrian people don’t need another debate about...
Terror and tragedy struck Syria yet again this past weekend. A serious chemical gas attack on the city of Douma, right outside of Damascus, left more than 100 people dead and countless continue to suffer the effects of the attack. Entire families are fleeing the city,...
