Tag: trauma

When the People Are Stronger Than Their Politicians

November 10, 2025

On Truffles, Trauma, and the Collapse of Political Courage By Melanie Nathan, Nov 10, 2025,  I grew up with white-person privilege in South Africa, watching Apartheid rise to its peak and then crack under the weight of resistance, sanctions, and unimaginable suffering. Forty million disenfranchised Black South Africans — the majority — had to endure … More When the People Are Stronger Than Their Politicians

WORLDS BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

March 28, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, March 28, 2024 Country Conditions: WORLDS BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CHAD AND ETHIOPIA CRISIS Digital Press Briefing with Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Assistant Secretary of State, Julieta Valls Noyes, 03/26/2024 03:20 PM EDT NOTE: Chad. The situation of refugees arriving to Chad is devastating. They are arriving with almost nothing but … More WORLDS BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS