Justice
Michael Brown died by police bullet and a rights movement was born
Protests started in Missouri and spread around the world with the cry "Black Lives Matter"
Human Rights
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Justice
Refugees from the war in Syria are flooding into other countries
Lebanon, Jordan and other Arab nations are stretched by so many migrants, and peace is at risk in the region
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Ethical Living
Chocolate relies on child labour in Africa’s Ivory Coast, a bitter truth
More than 800,000 children work on the West African nation's cocoa farms, despite efforts to cut down child labour
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World
Travel to countries that flout human rights carries ethical issues
It also offers the opportunity to ask questions, learn, hold governments to account and put money into local hands
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Justice
Reforms to refugee laws may leave some unable to remain in Canada
Some wrongly rejected refugees to Canada will look for sanctuary in churches, say advocates
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Ethical Living
Unpaid internships are spreading like wildfire, with few protections
Would-be employees are cycling through multiple volunteer internships before getting paying jobs and can't risk saying no to demands
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Science
Oil spill in Arkansas spewed diluted bitumen into town streets
The pipeline that ruptured carried oil from the Alberta tar sands and people who got sick now want answers
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World
Peru gold mine attracts protests, police violence, indignation
Four were shot at a protest last year and locals who demonstrate against the mines face threats, human rights abuses
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UCC in Focus
United Church boycott of some Israeli goods sparks anger, backlash
Interfaith relations at local and national level under strain after General Council vote to boycott goods made in settlements
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World
Samantha Nutt, physician, advocates for human dignity in war zones
Founder of War Child Canada, she has never been one to pull punches -- that's what makes her a human rights heavyweight
