The US War on Drugs Is Driving the Displacement Crisis

We are torn by images of unaccompanied minors and overcrowded facilities at our southern border, but few in the United States are asking why so many Central American families are so desperate to escape their own countries that they are willing to risk everything – including family separation. These migrants are not fleeing some Act … Continue reading “The US War on Drugs Is Driving the Displacement Crisis”

America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East

In the Greek myth, Heracles battles the Hydra – a multi-headed reptilian monster that was terrorizing the Greek countryside. However, every time a head was cut off, two grew in its place, so cutting off one head at a time was an ineffective plan of attack. Heracles succeeded in slaying the Hydra only with the … Continue reading “America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East”