Accepting Syrian Refugees Will Make the US Safer

The very idea that U.S. governors would refuse to accept Syrian refugees, out of overblown fear and demagogic politics, fills me with despair at the complete eclipse of both reason and compassion. What has it come to? Do we turn away the victims of violence, because they frighten us so?

I am at a loss for words ... oh, wait...strike that... here are a few...

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2015/11/19/opinion-accepting-syrian-refugees-makes-us-safer-from-terror/

Gentrification: The Eviction Next Time

For some, leaving is like an amputation. For others, it means freedom. There are those who are forced out, but cannot leave. We live in an urban test-tube.....
http://aldianews.com/articles/opinion/gentrification-eviction-next-time/41226

And here is the first piece which introduces the series:
 http://aldianews.com/articles/opinion/belly-gentrification/41090

Clash of Neighborhoods

A chronicle of an increasingly bitter conflict, as lived by friends and neighbors, as my neighborhood undergoes the metamorphosis of gentrification...
http://aldianews.com/articles/opinion/inside-belly-gentrification/41090